Question
Each of the following sentences has two blanks. Choose the most appropriate pair of words from the five given options to fill the blanks so that the sentence is grammatically and contextually correct. Amid increasing geopolitical tensions and fluctuating capital flows, the central bank adopted a cautiously ______ approach toward monetary tightening, ensuring that its policies would neither ______ economic recovery nor trigger excessive inflationary pressures in the domestic market.
Solution
Context: central bank wants balance — neither too harsh nor too loose calibrated = carefully measured jeopardize = put at risk Sentence meaning: A balanced policy that does not harm recovery Other options fail because: aggressive → too strong rigid → inflexible indifferent → careless expansionary → opposite context
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