His brilliant prose style is sometimes _______by his lapses into_______ respecting and pretentious languages.

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If a writer's prose style is generally brilliant, his lapsing into pretentious language can only be described as disrupting or marring such style. So E are only possible choices for the first missing word. Of their pair words, understated does not form a suitable adjective for reflection (meaning thought). A banal reflection means a commonplace thought, and does not behave a writer with a brilliant prose style. So, E is the answer.

His Brilliant Prose Style Is Sometimes _______By His Lapses Into_______

His Brilliant Prose Style Is Sometimes _By His Lapses Into_