Unit 1- Happiness/Goodness
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- Benevolence
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(noun) He displayed his BENEVOLENCE by donating his salary to charity.
-goodwill or disposition to do good, an act of kindess or charity - Exemplary
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(adj) His EXEMPLARY behavior was a model for all to follow.
-Serving as a model, deserving imitation, or commendable - Reputable
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(adj) *reputation, repute (n)
Because he was a REPUTABLE dealer, I had confidence in his products.
-Good repue, good reputation, respectable or held in esteem - Gentility
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(noun) adj--- Gentile
The faculty members wereimpressed by the GENTILITY of the college's new president
-Refinment, politness, or respectabilty or members of an upper class - Decorum
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(n)
A granted person would always exhbit proper DECORUM. DECORUM is important at a job interview.
-proper or good taste in action, speech, and dress - Punctilious
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(adj)
Cutting a diamond requires PUNCTILIOUS effort.
-very carful, exact - Candid
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(adj)
If you ask for a CANDID response, be prepared for the results.
-modest, honest, frank - Veracity
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(noun)
Because of his VERACITY, he was considered a very trustworthy person.
-honesty or accuracy or precision - FEASIBLE
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(adj)
It is not FEASABLE at all to graduate BHS without taking classes.
-Practical, capable of being done - Solace
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(noun, verb)
Family support can provide SOLACE during hard times.
-give comfort to, lesson grief
-you can hug, talk - Elation
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(V)
Winning the lottery would cause you great ELATION.
-extreme hapiness, joy - Avidity
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Your an AVID reader. Because of her love for flowers, Susan became a AVID gardener.
-eagerness, grief - Preoccupy
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(V)
Since my mom was PREOCCUPIED with cooking dinner, she did not see me when I came home from school.
-To absorb or engross mentally - Wary
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During school I must be WARY in order to understand a concept.
-cautious, reluctunt to proceed rashly, or guard against danger - Morale
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My mom said I could go shopping only if I kept up my good MORALE.
-mental condition or frame of mind - Impunity
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Growing children seem to do whatever they want with IMPUNITY.
-exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss