C _ u _ _ Y
hint: awkward: ungainly

The answer is 'Clumsy'.

Explanation:

Given that there is a C at the beginning of the word, and the word is a synonym for awkward and ungainly, and there are 6 letters in the word, the most logical/reasonable answer is the word 'Clumsy'.

to plan an idea out before

even though you have attached neither the chart nor the generalizations, i have located them online. the right answer is d, since they are asking you about a generalization. you can only infer from the chart that between 2008 and 2009 the number of employed workers decreased significantly (from over 115 millions to 107 millions approximately), which signals some type of economic crisis.