(A) grisly:flinch
(B) bland:tire
(C) shrill:shriek
(D) coy:falter
(E) wily:smirk
answer is C
something that is X in nature makes sth/someone Y
grisly is something horrible and it makes someone flinch (to make
backward movement as a reaction to unpleasant or horrible thing)
OA - A
what is the defining sentence between Droll:laugh???
Droll -- Amusingly odd or whimsically comical