169. The fashion designer favored fabrics that were so ______ as to be virtually transparent.
A. palpable
B. diaphanous
C. variegated
D. luxurious
E. anomalous
170. Professor Williams disdained tradition, she regularly attacked cherished beliefs and institutions, earning a reputation as ______ .
A. an egalitarian
B. a dowager
C. a dilettante
D. an iconoclast
E. a purveyor