The senator's rhetorical gift lay in her ability to bridge audiences. She could make farmers and venture capitalists feel, for the duration of a single speech, that their interests were not, after all, so far apart.
As used in the text, what does the word "bridge" most nearly mean?
- A
build a structure across
- B
play a card game
- Ccheck_circle
join across a divide
- D
lead a musical transition
Explanation
She brings disparate audiences together; "bridge" means to join across a divide, not the construction, card game, or musical-transition senses.