5. Although many gave the globally respected statesman the credit for his work with other nations’ leaders to save the common currency,
they blamed him for contributing to his nation’s sizable debt. Under his__________conservative reign, increased spending lifted the
country’s debt from 1.6trillion to 2.2 trillion.
(A) effusively /
(B) irrevocably
(C) nominally
(D) sumptuously