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A new research provides more support for the hypothesis that social support may strengthen people's immune system. If this study's findings are actually true, then social isolation and loneliness can (i) ________ the immune system.
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| A. bolster |
| B. undergird |
| C. reconcile | D. gainsay | E. impair |
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how is the answer A?
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The book is wrong It must be E
The sentence sets up a direct inverse relationship:
1. Social support → strengthens the immune system.
2. Therefore, social isolation and loneliness (the opposite of social support) → weaken or damage the immune system.
The word in the blank must mean "weaken" or "damage."
- A. bolster (Strengthen)-Opposite.
- B. undergird (Support/Strengthen) - Opposite.
- C. reconcile (Make compatible) - Irrelevant.
- D. gainsay (Contradict) - Irrelevant.
- E. impair (Weaken or damage) - Fits the required meaning.
The correct choice for Blank (i) is impair.
The sentence sets up a direct inverse relationship:
1. Social support → strengthens the immune system.
2. Therefore, social isolation and loneliness (the opposite of social support) → weaken or damage the immune system.
The word in the blank must mean "weaken" or "damage."
- A. bolster (Strengthen)-Opposite.
- B. undergird (Support/Strengthen) - Opposite.
- C. reconcile (Make compatible) - Irrelevant.
- D. gainsay (Contradict) - Irrelevant.
- E. impair (Weaken or damage) - Fits the required meaning.
The correct choice for Blank (i) is impair.
