English Grammar - Sentence Completion

English Grammar
English Grammar - Sentence Completion

Select the correct option: Nothing short of a paradigm shift will ___ the entrenched bureaucratic inertia.


Options:

  1. persuade
  2. dislodge
  3. dissuasion
  4. disillusion

Right Answer: dislodge

The sentence speaks of inertia that is 'entrenched', that is, firmly fixed in position. The verb in the blank must therefore mean to force something out of a firmly held position. 'Dislodge' carries precisely that meaning and collocates naturally with entrenched attitudes or habits, so it is correct. 'Persuade' takes a person as its object, not an abstract noun like inertia, so it does not fit. 'Dissuasion' is a noun and cannot serve as the verb the sentence requires. 'Disillusion' means to free someone from a mistaken belief, which is not the sense needed. Hence the answer is dislodge.

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