I believe the answer would be B.. because they said ticking but for a little while.. it makes you think of like oh.. yeah life is short.... so the answer should be B!! Hope this helps! :)
Answer:
1. up, soared, glorious, sense of freedom, higher and higher, and heaven.
2. Bewitched and frantically.
Explanation:
Gertrude Stein, patron of the arts, was a voluble conversationalist when artists and writers visited her Paris apartment in the 1920s and 1930s.
Form google dict., voluble means <em></em><span><em>Speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently.</em></span>
Conflict avoidance is a person's method of reacting to conflict, which attempts to avoid directly confronting the issue at hand. Methods of doing this can include changing the subject, putting off a discussion until later, or simply not bringing up the subject of contention.