Directions: In this question five alternatives are given under each sentence and you are required to select the most suitable alternative to fill in the blank/blanks in the sentence to make it meaningful. A. But after the recent attacks, and with the Islamic State promising more terrorist strikes, a period of relative _________is over. B. Another reason to ignore the moralizing bloviators on the right when they drone

Step-by-step solution

The blanks here need a noun to be filled with. Out of the given opions, only disregard and laxity are the nouns and rest other are adjectives. Hence, options A, B and E get eliminated. Between options C and D, disregard means to ignore, which is contextually wrong for all the sentences. Laxity means flexibility in regulation or leninence in behavior. Thus, it perfectly fits in all the three blanks. Hence option D is correct.