<p><span style="color:#27ae60;"><span style="font-size:20px;">The Right Answers</span></span></p>
<p><strong>Blank 1: </strong>You can use <strong><span style="color:#8e44ad;">Math Strategy</span></strong> to solve this blank. The word "and" indicates the idea before and after the "and" support each other. Before the "and", the sentence states that these individuals are "refusing to confess their mistakes." Continuing with that idea, we guess that they must be claiming "perfection." The answer choice that most closely matches this guess is <span style="color:#27ae60;">infallibility</span>.</p>
<p><strong>Blank 3: </strong>I would argue that blank 3 is easier than blank 2 and should be done before because we have a clear <strong><span style="color:#8e44ad;">Block of 4</span></strong> relationship occurring:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">mechanisms of self-correction = _________ process</p>
<p>The word "mechanisms" matches with the word "process." Completing this relationship, we can put the phrase "self-correction" in the blank. The answer choice that most closely matches this guess is <span style="color:#27ae60;">a remedial</span>.</p>
<p><strong>Blank 2: </strong>We know via the <strong><span style="color:#8e44ad;">Math Strategy</span></strong> and the comma after "need" that these ideas support each other, that blank 2 describes the feeling of the "men" mentioned in the previous part of the sentence. What does the sentence tell us about these men? It tells us that they claim "infallibility," that they HATE to be wrong. So how would they feel about a "self-correction" process? Probably not very good. The answer choice that most closely matches this guess is <span style="color:#27ae60;">discomfiting</span>.</p>
<p><span style="color:#e74c3c;"><span style="font-size:20px;">The Wrong Answers</span></span></p>
<p><strong>Blank 1:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">immunity</span>: This choice has <strong>no evidence</strong>. We don't know whether or not these men are "immune" to anything.</li>
<li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">impartiality</span>: This choice <strong>contradicts </strong>the logic of the sentence. The evidence tells us that these men argue they're perfect. Certainly, they are not unbiased observers.</li>
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<p><strong>Blank 2:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">expedient</span>: This choice <strong>contradicts </strong>the logic of the sentence. The men find the "remedial" process uncomfortable, not convenient or advantageous.</li>
<li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">imminent</span>: This choice is odd from a <strong>usage </strong>perspective. How can one "find" something "imminent"? Doesn't make sense.</li>
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<p><strong>Blank 3:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">an adaptable</span>: This choice has <strong>no evidence</strong>. We don't know whether or not the process can change.</li>
<li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">an injudicious</span>: This choice <b>contradicts</b> the logic of the sentence. If the men are receiving "benefit" from the process, it's certainly not an unfair process or one that has negative connotations.</li>
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