Which word would best replace the underlined word to make the meaning more precise?

as the class rushed out of the room for the fire drill, the piercing sound of the alarm made the students shrink.


a.

pace

b.

wince

c.

turn

d.

leap

Read the passage. “ah, are you digging on my grave my loved one? —planting rue? ” —“no: yesterday he went to wed one of the brightest wealth has bred.” in “ah, are you digging on my grave? ” by thomas hardy, what has happened to the dead woman’s widower? he has moved away. he has remarried. he has come to visit. he has died.

Read the passage.which statement best describes how pacing of events heightens tension

What do you call a person who is mean in school?