Publicis Groupe, a leading advertising agency, that it will not participate in any award shows, drop promotional activities for one year, and instead, spend monies on developing an AI -powered professional assistant, Marcel. The decision many eyebrows in the industry but Mark Tutssel, chairman says, “awards are the barometer of our health. So, we would never ever walk away from them. That is to even think.

• A. proclaimed, heaved, ludicrous
• B. declared, hoisted, amazing
• C. decreed, lifted, indignant
• D. announced, raised, farcical
• E. asserted, lowered, embarrassing