Q. In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. Antiapartheid activist Desmond Tutu is even more hardheaded when he says, "In almost ____________ language, the most difficult words are 'I am sorry’." Mr. Tutu adds that ______________ reconciliations can only lead to spurious healing. _____________ him forgiveness is a wager, an ethical wager on the future of ______________ relationship. This is why the few events of apology which stand up to _____________ scrutiny deserve to be treasured. "In almost ____________ language, the most difficult words are 'I am sorry'."
A) sarcastic
B) critical
C) satirical
D) cynical
✔ Correct Answer: critical
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