The correct answers is in this order: deference, elegy, ebullient, sanguine, panegyric. Answers for the second assignment are in this order: carnal, bowdlerize, quandary, pedantic. The answers for the third assignment go in this order: fop, rakish, carnal, nebulous, imprecation. Hope this helps.
I believe the correct answer is practices.
The entire paragraph is describing a practice which is quite common for this culture group. The practice is that of a competition where the emperor is present. There are no particular attitudes, values, or goals presented in the excerpt.
Conflict is when 2 characters get mad at each other and usually scold each other.
I believe it is A.
The reason why is if a trick is amazing you would not see it very often, so it is unbelievable.
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