ST-10 (Sentence Completion)

Directions: The following question has a sentence or a paragraph with one italicized and underlined word that does not make sense. Choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the options given below the sentence/ paragraph.

They damned themselves to the chronic anxiety of a mountie, fearing exposure, when they took upon themselves the roles of enlightened leaders, knowing fully well that their knowledge rested on nothing but haze.