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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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Re: A new research provides more support for the hypothesis that social su [#permalink] New post   20 Dec 2025, 09:24
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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.
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