Answer:
Approach,or come close to
A. Uses the vocab word incorrectly. ‘Exploit’ means to take advantage of which does not make sense in the context of the sentence (the correct word for that sentence is probably ‘explosion’).
B. Is correct because ‘esteem’ means to hold respect for.
Answer:
I think it's because when you're laughing, you're happier because something made you smile while if you were just talking you wouldn't be as joyful.
Explanation:
Yup B is the answer because you can eliminate all the other answers because the paragraph doesn’t do A, C, or D