“Instead of being hyperactive, which is hard for teachers and parents to miss, ‘girls tend to be inattentive, so they can get overlooked,’ she explains. ‘They also have more depression and anxiety from figuring out ways to compensate.’”
In this sentence, the word compensate means:
A) to increase one’s earnings
B) to continue in a downward spiral
C) to flaunt a new skill or talent
D) to offset one’s shortcomings