Man vs. self refers to someone who is having conflict within themselves. They are having trouble solving a problem for example.
Even though you didn't give us the fragment with the comma slice, it isn't really necessary here as we can answer just based on these 4 options here. All options apart from the second one are correct - only the second option doesn't fix the mistake of the comma splice, whereas the other options do but connecting the sentences properly.
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Answer:
1. Alleviate - to relive; to make disappear.
2. Anticipate - to predict or tell about in advance.
3. Counterargument - an argument that opposes another argument.
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