Regretful would work because it is a synonym for deplorable
The second one is the answer
From the excerpt given above, it can be infer that the residents of East Egg are rich, they are able to acquire beautiful homes which are decorated with beautiful things that money can buy; so their homes and environment appear very beautiful and attractive but this is in contrast to their personal characters which are far from attractive. So they use their beautiful surrounding to conceal their unattractive characters.<span />
Answer:
A transcend
B precarious
C propensity
D transcend
E stimuli
sorry that im not helping that much as im not really sure about my answer but i wanted to give a try
