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D. Consistent it has a neutral connotation and the tone of this passage is critical but encouraging
Answer: Knowledge is a familiarity, awareness, or understanding of someone or something, such as facts, skills, or objects. By most accounts, knowledge can be acquired in many different ways and from many sources, including but not limited to perception, reason, memory, testimony, scientific inquiry, education, and practice.
*Since you did not attach the text, I cannot help you figure out which phrases suggest the meanings.* But I can still help you with the three different definitions of fix.
Definitions:
1) To repair something so that it works properly.
2) To attach something so that it won’t move.
3) To deal with or correct a problem.
Used in a sentence:
1) He went to fix his car.
2) She tried to fix the bird feeder into place.
3) He turned to his parents whenever he got into a fix.