- Like many eighteenth-century scholars who-lived
by cultivating those in power, Winckelmann
neglected to neutralize, by some ------- gesture of
comradeship, the resentment his peers were
bound to feel because of his ------- the high and
mighty.
(A) quixotic … intrigue with
(B) enigmatic … familiarity with
(C) propitiatory … involvement with
(D) salutary … questioning of
(E) unfeigned … sympathy for
Clue is : Cultivating those in power : → Thus, Blank(ii) will be a world related to friendship the high and might (People in Power). Now, if he wants to be friendly with the high and mighty ; he will support them in all scenarios thus, he neglected to neutralize , by some appease/peacful (Blank i) gesture of comradeship
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Why not E?