Poverty had by no means been______, but the extreme______that had earlier characterized large sections of the country had disappeared. A: exacerbated… hegemony B: eviscerated … largesse C: eliminated… privation D: explicated … confusion E: prognosticated … lassitude

Poverty had by no means been______, but the extreme______that had earlier characterized large sections of the country had disappeared. A: (A) exacerbated… hegemony B: (B) eviscerated … largesse C: (C) eliminated… privation D: (D) explicated … confusion E: (E) prognosticated … lassitude