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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Our reputation and image are most definitely determined by our ______. Also, our ______ tend to be habit forming, in that we have a ______ to act in a particular manner. Hence most people are ______ by their deeds and seem to have little control over their actions. We usually act according to or in response to our surroundings-our circumstances and the environment which to a great extent ______ our priorities and objectives.

we have a ______ to act in a particular manner.

This question was previously asked in
SSC CGL 2017 (Tier 1) Previous Year Paper (16-Aug-2017) (Shift 1)
The correct answer is

Propensity

Propensity means a natural inclination or tendency to behave in a particular way, fitting 'a propensity to act in a particular manner'.

'Immensity' (vastness) and 'viscosity' (fluid resistance) are irrelevant; 'virtuously' is an adverb and cannot follow the article 'a'.

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