The word should be Lying. When you don't want to have undesirable responses or suffer undesirable consequences, you lie, that is, you invent fictitious circumstances. Example would be someone asks you do to something and you invent that you have something else planned even if you don't have anything planned.
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I would choose A but i don’t know the context before or after this sentence
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Brooded means: Thinking deeply about something that makes someone unhappy
Freedom rights of equality as Americans
The gambler was fully prepared to risk all of his wages.
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It breaks the iambic rhythm on the first two syllables, setting the demanding tone of the line.
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Just did the assignment and it was right. :)