One by one, the students in the classroom next to the science lab began to look up and __1__ deeply at first and then quickly cover their noses. Something was going terribly wrong in the science lab, and the smell was beginning to __2__ the other classrooms on the hall.

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One by one, the students in the classroom next to the science lab began to look up and __1__ deeply at first and then quickly cover their noses. Something was going terribly wrong in the science lab, and the smell was beginning to __2__ the other classrooms on the hall.
1. respite, inspire, respire
2. pierce, percolate, permeate

GPT-4o mini · Answer

1. respire 2. permeate The completed sentences would read: "One by one, the students in the classroom next to the science lab began to look up and **respire** deeply at first and then quickly cover their noses. Something was going terribly wrong in the science lab, and the smell was beginning to **permeate** the other classrooms on the hall."