Disarm

ensuing

harmonize

inquisitive

integrity

Irritating

melancholy

transaction

The teacher assigned Maylin to be partners

with Juan for a class project. Maylin's personality

was more (1) than Juan's. She asked a lot of

questions. At first, Juan thought Maylin's questions

could be (2) and annoying, but both Maylin

and Juan had too much (3) and pride to stop

working together. In the (4) weeks, Juan and

Maylin stopped arguing and agreed to (5) _ their

ideas for the project even though they had different

views. The project became so interesting to work

on that Maylin's creativity began to_ (6) Juan. He

felt_ (7) _and unhappy when the (8) _ of their

partnership ended.

inquisitive irritating integrity ensuing harmonize disarm melancholy transaction

Explanation:

(1) inquisitive - - descriptive of someone who asks a lot of questions

(2) Irritating - - echos "annoying"

(3) integrity - - a noun naming the characteristic of performing an obligation even when it is difficult

(4) ensuing - - time-related, describing something that follows

(5) harmonize - - merging different views or creating consistency

(6) disarm - - reduce hostility

(7) melancholy - - echos "unhappy"

(8) transaction - - seems like the wrong word, but it's the only one left. I might prefer a word that refers to a duration or a contract or assignment, not one that implies some sort of specific action or exchange.