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Ironically, the foreign affairs policies of democracies are more likely to meet with protests than similar policies of totalitarian regimes because a democracy is ________ protest; whereas in a totalitarian regime, no one is listening.
*This question is included in Nova Text Completions: Lesson Set, question #13
| (A) | impassive to |
| (B) | ... |
| (C) | ... |
| (D) | ... |
| (E) | ... |
| (F) | ... |
The solution is
Posted: 09/25/2012 17:16
Why it can't be inured to..?
Posted: 09/25/2012 19:12
Srujana, "inured to" means "accustomed to". Although it may fit the blank ok, it doesn't provide the contrast we are looking for against the totalitarian situation, where no one is "listening".
Posted: 03/14/2013 21:45
Why is imperiled by not a correct response?
Posted: 03/19/2013 17:26
Caitlin, we are looking for a contrast for the reaction of a democracy to the reaction of a totalitarian regime. In the sentence, the totalitarian regime is said to be "not listening". The first two choices have a similar meaning with "not listening". The closest opposite of not listening is sensitive in this case.