neglected means dismissed, not considered.

This word is completely off in the economy of the sentence

regards

Official Explanation:

The committee’s review contrasted in a “shocking” way with previous actions by her advisors. Thus, we would expect blanks (i) and (ii) to contrast starkly. Possible answers pairs include “meanness...praised” or “niceness...criticized.” The best way to approach this question is to consider the options for the two blanks together.

(A) Impartiality is “fairness, justness.”
(B) Gallantry is “dashing courage, heroic bravery.”
(C) CORRECT. Asperity means “severity, harshness.”

(D) Forestalled means “hindered or prevented in advance.”
(E) CORRECT. Coddled means “treated with excessive care, pampered.”
(F) Neglected means “ignored.”

The word pair that is the most opposite in meaning is “asperity...coddled.” Both “impartiality” and “neglected” are too neutral to starkly contrast with any of the options. The remaining words, “gallantry” and “forestalled,” have strong meanings and spin, but neither is a precise opposite of any of the options.

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