Monolithic

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–adjective 

1. of or pertaining to a monolith.

2. made 

of 

only one stone: a monolithic [column].  



3. consisting of one piece; solid or unbroken: a boat with a monolithic hull. 

4. constructed of monoliths or huge blocks of stone: the monolithic [monuments] of the New Stone Age.  



5. characterized by massiveness, total uniformity, rigidity, invulnerability, etc.: a monolithic society. 

6. Electronics. of or pertaining to an integrated circuit formed in a single chip.





　　

Moral hypocrisy and the woes of America's public schools and educational system are the focus of Cheaters, which is based on a real-life 1995 cheating scandal at a Chicago high school. In a working class area of the city, teacher Dr. Gerald Plecki (Jeff Daniels) is desperate for his students to triumph at an upcoming academic decathlon against students of a more affluent high school across town. 



His desperation causes him to [cast] a blind eye when one of his students gets hold of a copy of the decathlon test — and, thanks to their combined dedication to cheating — the team wins the competition with the highest total score in state history. Of course, the score leads to suspicion on the part of Illinois officials, and the resulting scandal is accompanied by a media frenzy of monolithic proportions.



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Able to memorize ream[s] of trivia 

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