Given the uniqueness of their alienation from their society and of their impact on it, the Russian intelligentsia of the nineteenth century were a phenomenon almost wholly______.

A． prolix : verbatim
B． non-existent: miniscule
C． scanty : meager
D． valiant: urbane
E． convivial: vivacious

A． piquant : smell
B． ugly : appearance
C． fetid : color
D． numb: sense
E． martial : chaos