I would say the answer would be C but the actual meaning of the word "punctilious " means showing great attention to detail or correct behavior . Matthew may have be trying to spell it correctly or just came up short . So therefore it would be A .
The Civil Rights Act banned racial discrimination.
The 15th Amendment granted African Americans the right to vote. In the U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, it was ruled that racially separate facilities, if equal, did not violate the Constitution. Finally, in the U. S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, it was ruled that racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional.
For admire as an example you would take away the e and then add ing (admiring)
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