The underlined words are : "allay the discontent". To Allay means to enervate or reduce. Discontentment simply means dissatisfaction. Hence the "following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable: is "justify the gratification" (Option A). Note that this is a text of knowledge of synonyms.
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A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language.
For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous
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a message that is not partial, misinterpreted, or filtered; the entire message</span>
Option D is correct. Most interpretations agree that in Metamorphosis, the Kafkaesque describes a situation of Gregor struggling with his family after the transformation. Gregor is the one carrying with his kafkaesque existence and learning how to put up with himself, but his family rejects him. After Gregor dies, his family feels relieved, rather than sad.
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The last kind action I did recently was I donated to a local animal shelter. This made me feel lovely. I was motivated to do this because I thought of all the animals that could use my help and decided to give them a hand.