Nepotism:
stagnant:
braggart:

Nepotism: bias, discrimination

Stagnant: dormant, idle, inactive

Braggart: brag, know-it-all

Charlatan: con artist

Uniformity: constancy, sameness

Bombastic: grandiose, histrionic

Colloquial: conversational

Whimsical: amusing, odd, unusual, weird, mischievous

Allegory: fable, symbolism

Perfunctory: cursory, sketchy, offhand

Petulantly: cranky, whiny, sullen, impatient

Paraphernalia: gear, machinery

Connotation: meaning, overtone, significance, undertone

Denotation: definition, indication, meaning, signification

Ominous: dangerous, dark, prophetic, sinister, grim, haunting, gloomy, dismal

Rouse: arouse, awaken, awake, get up, stir, wake up

Brandished: flash, wield, trot out

Cryptic: mysterious, vague, strange, veiled

as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

sadly it cannot chuck wood

the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader