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Which of the following is NOT used appropriately in the context?
Jim Heckman, Nobel Laureate in economics, and his collaborators have shown that strong foundational skills built in early childhood are crucial for socio-economic success. These foundational skills lead to a self-reinforcing motivation to learn so that “skills ①beget skills.” This leads to better-paying jobs, healthier lifestyle choices, greater social participation and more productive societies. Growing research also reveals that these benefits are linked to the important role that early foundations of cognitive and socio-emotional abilities play on healthy brain development across the human lifespan. Brain complexity—the diversity and complexity of neural pathways and networks—is ②molded during childhood and has a lasting impact on the development of cognitive and socio-emotional human abilities. Childhood cognitive abilities provide a foundation for adult cognitive functions. This means that successful brain development ③ensures that children develop basic cognitive abilities. The so-called “fluid abilities” (such as memory, reasoning, speed of thought, and problem solving ability), which ④underlie high-level cognitive processes, are used to acquire new knowledge and ⑤aggravate novel problems.

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문맥상 부적절한 말은 “aggravate”(악화시키다)이다.
“fluid abilities”(유동적 능력)는 기억·추론·문제 해결력이므로 새로운 문제를 악화시키는 것이 아니라 “solve”(해결하다)의 뜻으로 다루는 데 쓰인다.
“beget”(낳다): 기술이 기술을 낳는다는 자기 강화의 뜻으로 적절하다.
“molded”(형성되다): 뇌의 복잡성이 어린 시절에 형성된다는 뜻으로 적절하다.
“ensures”(보장하다): 뇌 발달이 기초 인지 능력을 보장한다는 뜻으로 적절하다.
“underlie”(~의 기초가 되다): 고차원 인지 과정의 바탕이 된다는 뜻으로 적절하다.