<em>Rumors of a new principal </em><em><u>spread</u></em><em> down the halls of the hectic and chaotic high school. </em>
As there are no options given, I gave the best response I could.
When rumors are passed along from person to person, it is said to be spread. If there are rumors of a new principal therefore, the most likely word to fill the space would have to be "spread" which would show that the rumors of a new principal are being passed around the school.
The answer is a Thesaurus because if you are looking for words that are similar to "cliche" you look for those words in a thesaurus. I'm glad I could help bestie! loves ya -Abby XOXO