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'Directions for question number 61 to 68:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
There are some men who seem to be always on the look out for trouble and, to tell the truth, they are seldom disappointed. Listening to such men one would think that this world is one of the stormiest and most disagreeable places. Yet, after all it is not such a bad place and the difficulty is often in the man who is too thin-skinned. On the other hand, the man who goes out expecting people to be like himself, kind and brotherly, will be surprised at the kindness the meets even in the most unlike quarters. A smile is apt to be met with a respective smile while the sneer is just as apt to provoke a snarl. Men living in the same neighbourhood may live vastly different lives. But it is not the neighbourhood which is quarrelsome, but the man within us. And we have it in our power to change our neighborhood into a pleasant one by simply changing our own ways.
Which of the following is opposite in meaning to the expression 'thin-skinned' in the context of the passage?