Select the most suitable word from the given options and fill blank (iii).

Directions: The passage given below has certain blanks. Study it carefully and fill in the blanks.

Of all the psychological problems ___(i)___ face the aged the most ____(ii)____ are perhaps isolation & the ____(iii)____ for adaptability. In addition to ____(iv)____ handicaps & the diminishing number ____(v)____ social roles that are commonly ____(vi)____to the old, the aged ____(vii)_ to cope with loss of the ____(viii)____ career, standard of living ____(ix)____ & above all, people. The gloomy____(x)____ through the obituaries for yet another friend who has gone is bad enough: the death of the spouse is often a blow from which the aged do not recover. The ability to come to terms with these changes is vitally important.