In the following paragraph, some words are highlighted with numbers. These words may or may not be used correctly. Choose the option that provides the best replacement for the highlighted word or select (E) if no replacement is needed.

Print media is dying. And social media has become a defunct (1) platform for the exchange of what may be widely divergent views. These are perspectives which carry factual weight. Having said this, the curation of an international online notion (2) has undoubtedly brought with it enhanced citizens participation across democratic processes and broader social movements – but at the same time, one feels that the role of independent media and journalism as bearers of the foundations of democratic systems, is slowly but surely diminishing (3). The good thing about social media is that everyone can have an opinion or a voice on a particular issue – which unfortunately also seems to be a bad thing in certain cases. This is where it gets minimising (4). On one end norms such as freedom of thought and expression are universally accepted as pillars of constitutionally democratic systems – challenge (5) free speech in any form is thus a touchy subject. On the other end there are those who argue that free speech has its defined limits – free speech can be censored if one is using their perspectives as a means to incite hate or violence. Policymakers have not found a vintage (6) answer to which of these two positions is correct and applicable in the context of a connected and deeply integrated global political order.

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In the following paragraph, some words are highlighted with numbers. These words may or may not be used correctly. Choose the option that provides the best replacement for the highlighted word or select (E) if no replacement is needed.

Print media is dying. And social media has become a defunct (1) platform for the exchange of what may be widely divergent views. These are perspectives which carry factual weight. Having said this, the curation of an international online notion (2) has undoubtedly brought with it enhanced citizens participation across democratic processes and broader social movements – but at the same time, one feels that the role of independent media and journalism as bearers of the foundations of democratic systems, is slowly but surely diminishing (3). The good thing about social media is that everyone can have an opinion or a voice on a particular issue – which unfortunately also seems to be a bad thing in certain cases. This is where it gets minimising (4). On one end norms such as freedom of thought and expression are universally accepted as pillars of constitutionally democratic systems – challenge (5) free speech in any form is thus a touchy subject. On the other end there are those who argue that free speech has its defined limits – free speech can be censored if one is using their perspectives as a means to incite hate or violence. Policymakers have not found a vintage (6) answer to which of these two positions is correct and applicable in the context of a connected and deeply integrated global political order.

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The given sentence talks about the fact that free speech can be censored if one is using it as a means to incite hate or violence. The other means is to promote freedom. Policymakers have not found a definite answer to which of these perspectives is correct. Therefore, the highlighted word ‘vintage’ doesn’t fit contextually and needs to be changed. Its correct replacement is thus ‘concrete’. vehemently: in a forceful, passionate or intense manner expansion: the increase of something in size, number or importance debarred: exclude or prohibit someone officially from doing something concrete: real and definite, not existing in imagination

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