Question

question 15 (1 point)
without sounding like a nitpicker, and without excessive and criticism, mr. bauer offered the class the following observations to help them in life: (notice the metonymical usage of the word “class”)
a. never eat yellow snow,
b. never buy a car you can’t push,
c. never get into a fight with an ugly person - they have nothing to lose,
d. and lastly, 43% of all statistics are meaningless.
word bank:
emulate belabor encomium coherent banal temporize carping arrogate congeal eschew acquisitive
blank 1:

Explanation:

We need a word that means excessive fault - finding to match the context with "criticism". "Carping" means to find fault or complain constantly in an annoying way.

Answer:

Carping