Question

Those who fall ill with tuberculosis ___ slowly, recovering after many weeks or months of treatment.

Answer 1

The answer is B because convalesce means "to recover health and strength after illness" This is the only reasonable answer.

Answer 2

The answer is B. convalesce.

ill put it in a sentence for you

Those who fall ill with tuberculosis convalesce slowly, recovering after many weeks or months of treatment.

You can kind of tell from the context clues what convalesce means, but just incase your not sure....

The meaning of convalesce is to recover slowly but surely.