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Choose the correct one-word substitute for: ‘A formal speech or writing that offers elaborate praise for someone’.

1. Dirge
2. Panegyric
3. Homily
4. Monologue

Correct answer: Panegyric

Solution

A panegyric is a formal speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly. The other options mean a lament for the dead, a sermon, and a long speech by one person.

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