. Concerning the vocabu...

A

“cheerfully” (line 8) is synonymous with selfishly.

B

“pursue” (line 10) means the same as observation.

C

“widely” (line 17) is an exact synonym of tentatively.

D

“revenues” (line 20) means precisely the same thing as taxation.

E

“follow” (line 22) can be replaced in this particular context by stick to.