When something goes wrong, as siblings, two people push the blame onto each other. As a result, their stories may seem (a)   (unharmonius), as they tell their mother different versions.

I was ​ (a)   with sadness when I was given the news that my pet goldfish had died while I was on vacation. My mother bought me a new golfish, but that only ​ (b)   my mood.

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I have a bunch of ​ (a)   ​(reserved) students who are stubbornly ​ (b)   (inflexible) about participating in discussions and would rather lose points than present in front of their peers.

To some, the feeling of riding a rollercoaster may be a(n)​ ​ (a)   experience, which can be almost addicting. However, other people mean to ​ (b)   the experience entirely.

To hint in a way that is not obvious, or to allude to something in an elusive manner is being (a)   .

At the newly formed band's first practice, there was a ​ (a)   of clashing noise. Hopefully, the ​ ​ (b)   practice will not be as bad.

The person who came before me is considered my (a)   .

After my mother's nasty fight with my stepfather over his flirting, he was ​ (a)   about his mistakes, apologized to her ​ (b)   (with care) and took her on a trip to New York to go shopping to ​ (c)   her hurt feelings.

When my best friend offered to "hook me up" with a cute guy on a blind date, I decided to ​ (a)   her offer, because we have ​ (b)   different ideas of what is considered "cute." What qualities we find attractive in another person is often​ (c)   .