Answer: D
Mushy :- Resembling mush in consistency; soft. Informal.
Schmaltzy :- Of, relating to, or marked by excessive or maudlin sentimentality.
Maudlin :- Effusively or tearfully sentimental
Hectoring :- A Trojan prince, the eldest son of Priam and Hecuba, killed by Achilles in Homer's Iliad, To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying.

Answer: C
Happenstance :- chance; fortuity; a chance or accidental happening.
Chance :- a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances.
Ingenuity :- Inventive skill or imagination; cleverness. Imaginative and clever design or construction.
Fortuity :- A chance occurrence or event, The quality or condition of being fortuitous.