Despite the occasional (i)____________ of their venues, the culture of corporate conferences is a deeply (ii)____________ conference, each day consisted of nearly nine hours of continuous lectures and panels enlivened by pleasantries or anything that could be construed as a joke. The only (iii)____________ sensory deprivation of the sessions came from the handsome color slides favored by the corporate presenters. A. seclusion B. sycophantic C. allusion to D. opulence E. ascetic F. ramification of G. enormity H. mercenary I. respite from