it might be A. Conspicuous or conherent ! but once again or twice research I think is good of the words and trying to see which sounds better in the blank or pretty much the sentence!
C. Present is your answer
Yes, when you use context clues, you try to figure out what the word mens without looking up the meaning, You use clues in the particular text. You look for words surrounding it to give you an idea of what the word means.
10. glaring
11. inspected
12. gaped
13. examined, scrutinized, observed