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Showing, motivated by
sympathy and understanding
and generosity
 Intending or showing kindness
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Choose the adjective benevolent for someone
who does good deeds or shows goodwill. If
your teacher collects homework with a
benevolent smile, she's hoping that you've
done a good job.
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A partiality that prevents objective
consideration of an issue or situation
Use the noun bias to mean a preference for
one thing over another, especially an unfair
one.
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Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
The adjective boisterous is what you would
use if you want to call attention in a loud or
clamorous way.
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Unrestrained by convention or propriety
With brazen disregard for the sign that said
"no cellphones please" the woman took a
long call in the doctor's office waiting room.
Brazen refers to something shocking, done
shamelessly.
Marked by rude or
peremptory shortness
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If you ask a salesperson
with help finding something
and all you get in response
is a brusque "Everything's
out on the shelves," you'll
probably take your business elsewhere. A brusque
manner of speaking is unfriendly, rude, and very
brief.
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The quality of affording easy familiarity and
sociability
Camaraderie is a spirit of good friendship and
loyalty among members of a group. You
might not like your job, but still enjoy the
camaraderie of the people you work with.
Showing self-interest and
shrewdness in dealing with
others
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If you're a canny investor, you know how to
spend money to make money — that is,
you're prudent, farsighted, and capable of
protecting your own interests, particularly in
matters of finance or business.
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Large in capacity
When something is really big and holds a lot
it is capacious, like a woman's capacious
purse that is so big, people mistake it for a
piece of luggage.
14 lb baby born
in Hungary (not a joke)
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Surrender under agreed conditions
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Capitulate means to give in to something.
"The teachers didn't want to have class
outside, but the students begged so hard,
she capitulated."
Someone who has the
power to see things that
are not naturally seen;
“seeing” beyond the five
Senses
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If you can predict the future, you may want to
keep your clairvoyant powers to yourself.
Otherwise everyone will be knocking down
your door asking for the next winning lotto
numbers.