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Long touted as the epitome of beaux-arts architecture, the garishly elaborate decorations in the restored mansion of the former dictator struck Ella and her colleagues from the design studio as more __________ than palatial.
| Two Answers |
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| A. meretricious |
| B. magnificent |
| C. ostentatious | D. beneficent | E. illusory |
| F. antediluvian |
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A, C “Garishly elaborate decorations” is the clue to meretricious (superficially attractive in a vulgar manner) or ostentatious (marked by a vulgar display of wealth).
A, C “Garishly elaborate decorations” is the clue to meretricious (superficially attractive in a vulgar manner) or ostentatious (marked by a vulgar display of wealth).
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