Question
Find the appropriate
word. Directions (111-115): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete. Modern life is Â__ (111) __without an intimate family life, a satisfying job, and the pleasure of buying and consuming things we want. Production (work), reproduction, and consumption are an__ (112) __part of the contemporary idea of the good life. This was not always so. In much of human history, such life was considered too lowly and __(113)__ with other infinitely ‘superior’ ways of living. For instance, many human societies in the past put the highest premium on a life spent conquering, safeguarding, and ruling territories and their populations.__(114)__in the battlefield was therefore the greatest virtue. The life of great warriors (example, Karna and Arjuna) was the stuff of which legends, myths and epic tales were made. In other societies such as Athens, proper human fulfilment was possible only by __(115)__in the political life of the city republic.Solution
In much of human history, such life was considered too lowly and 'contrasted' with other infinitely ‘superior’ ways of living. Contrasted is the other word for 'differentiated'.
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