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Choose the option that best replaces the underlined word without changing the meaning of the given sentence:

There is a persistent need to reform our education system, which produces tractable and pliable citizens, rather than critical minds that interrogate the flaws in the systems that govern our lives.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

Tractable means easily managed or obedient, and the sentence pairs it with pliable in contrast to critical minds. Docile carries the same sense of submissiveness. Traceable is a lookalike with an unrelated meaning, balky means stubborn, the opposite, and fastidious means fussy about detail.

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