1. a word with a similar meaning to the word cowering is

a. running
b. trembling
c. fighting
d. bothering

B. Trembling.

To cower is to be cowardous and back down from anything.

1) B Tremblig

2) C Love is blind

3) A metaphor

4) B persuasive

5) C when she was achild

6) A wounded heart

Explanation:

the answer is d: message a character's thoughts

the narrator is saying that the old lady made her feel uncomfortable. you know this because they say "i found that rather irksome", "perhaps it was her being so upright and trim", and "i don't think it was that, because i thought that quaintly pleasant." hope this !