Another word for ‘impair’ is
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Passage 2
Just as you can ruin the stomach and impair the whole body by taking too much nourishment, so you can overfill and cook the mind by feeding it too much. The more you read, the fewer are the traces left by what you have read : the mind becomes like a tablet crossed over with writing. There is no time for ruminating, and no other way can you assimilate what you have read. If you read on and on without setting your own thoughts to work what you have read cannot strike root and is generally lost. It is, in fact, just the same with mental as with bodily food : hardly the fifth part of what one takes is assimilated. The rest passes out in evaporation, respiration and the like.
Another word for ‘impair’ is
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Correct answer: (A) obstruct
Explanation
‘Impair’ means to weaken or hinder the working of something. ‘Strengthen’ and ‘fortify’ are its opposites, so ‘obstruct’ is the closest choice.