Regrettably [A] / Regretfully [B] I have to decline your invitation.
I am drawn to the poetic, sensual [A] / sensuous [B] quality of her paintings.
He was besides [A] / beside [B] himself with rage when I told him what I had done.
After brushing against a stationary [A] / stationery [B] truck my car turned turtle.
As the water began to rise over [A] / above [B] the danger mark, the signs of an imminent flood were clear.
Show Hint
Context clues and collocations often determine the right choice when two words are closely related in meaning.
1. Regretfully (B) — personal regret.
2. Sensuous (B) — pleasing to the senses artistically.
3. Beside himself (B) — idiomatic for extreme emotion.
4. Stationary (A) — not moving.
5. Above the danger mark (B) — correct collocation.
Sequence: B, B, B, A, B ⇒ BBBAB.