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Accolade
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praise; approval; honor; recognition
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ACCOLADES were showered on the returning hero. |
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Beguile
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to deceive; to delude by using charms or tricks
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Some advertisers intentionally BEGUILE shoppers with questionable claims. |
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Bombastic
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extravagantly high-flown, high-sounding speech or writing
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Mussolini’s speeches were mostly BOMBASTIC; his boasting and outrageous claims had no basis in fact. |
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Capricious
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inconstant; fickle; characterized by abrupt changes in feelings or action
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Queen Elizabeth I was quite CAPRICIOUS; her courtiers could never be sure which of their number would catch her fancy. |
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Conjecture
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to guess or make an inference based on slight evidence
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CONJECTURES sometimes turn out to be right. |
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Debase
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to reduce in status, in quality, or in value
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Although many Americans want to restrict illegal immigration, they refuse to DEBASE themselves by doing manual labor. |
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Devoid
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empty; vacant; lacking
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Donuts are DEVOID of nutrition. |
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Dilatory
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tending to cause delay; tardy; slow
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The congressman used DILATORY measures to delay the passage of the bill. |
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Ebullient
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lively; animated; bubbling with enthusiasm
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EBULLIENT after learning of her promotion, she skipped down the hallway and sang. |
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Esoteric
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difficult to understand; known to only a few with specialized knowledge or training
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Only a handful of experts are knowledgeable about the ESOTERIC world of particle physics. |
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Extricate
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to free from a confused difficulty or a dilemma
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Once the puppy realized that he couldn’t EXTRICATE his leg from the rope, he waited calmly for me to untangle him. |
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Fulsome
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offensive; lacking in good taste; repulsive
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The man became obese when he engaged in FULSOME eating. |
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Hedonist
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one who lives only for pleasure or self-gratification
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The HEDONIST reveled in his hot tub, drinking champagne and eating caviar. |
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Impediment
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obstacle; hindrance; a bodily defect that obstructs a function
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The disabled vehicle was an IMPEDIMENT for traffic until it was removed by the tow truck. |
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Inexorable
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inflexible; unable to be persuaded or moved; relentless
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When he heard the loud explosion, he felt a sense of INEXORABLE doom. |
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Invidious
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objectionable; hurtful; damaging
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His INVIDIOUS remarks were intended to be hurtful. |
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Latent
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hidden; not visible or apparent at the present time
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A good education will help you discover and develop your LATENT talents. |
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Maudlin
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excessively sentimental - to the point of weeping; drunk enough to be emotionally silly
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Although my grandmother tearfully told me she loved the movie, I found it MAUDLIN. |
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Munificent
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extremely generous
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A MUNIFICENT reward of $1000 is being offered for the return of the lost dog to its grieving owner. |
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Myopic
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shortsighted; lacking in thought
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It is MYOPIC to take half of the money earmarked for necessities and use it to buy lottery tickets. |
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Perfunctory
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done carelessly or routinely, or done without enthusiasm
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The machinelike bank teller processed the transaction and gave the waiting customer a PERFUNCTORY smile. |
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Prodigal
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(n) an extravagant spender
(adj) recklessly wasteful |
The PRODIGAL Son quickly wasted all of his inheritance on a lavish lifestyle devoted to pleasure. |
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Provincial
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(n) a person from the country; a hick or a hayseed;
(adj) narrow-minded; limited in outlook |
Well-educated Northern women made the young Southern woman feel uncomfortably PROVINCIAL |
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Remonstrate
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to object to; to argue in protest; to oppose in words or action
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The population will REMONSTRATE against the increase in taxes. |
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Sanguine
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1. cheerful; hopeful;
optimistic 2. bloody 3. red; ruddy; rosy-cheeked |
With our thin lead, we could not feel SANGUINE about the outcome. |
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Strident
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having a harsh or unpleasant sound
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Her STRIDENT voice hampered her chances of getting the announcer position. |
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Sublime
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uplifting; emotionally elevating; lofty; splendid
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The music was so SUBLIME that it transformed the bleak surroundings into a special place. |
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Temporal
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time-related; worldly (as opposed to heavenly); temporary
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The priest advised the young students not to become obsessed with TEMPORAL joys. |
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Transcend
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to rise above or go beyond; to surpass; to excel
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The nurse’s care of my father TRANSCENDS mere duty. |
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Undulate
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to move like waves - up and down or back and forth
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All of the countries' flag UNDULATE in the breeze. |
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Prattle
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(n) chatter, empty talk
(v) to speak meaninglessly |
I’ve listened to his PRATTLE far too long. |
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Rancor
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hatred; extreme dislike; intense ill will
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Her RANCOR for the man was evident in his hateful expression. |
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Raze
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to demolish, destroy, or knock down
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All structures in the proposed path of the new expressway will be RAZED. |
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Obdurate
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callously stubborn; hardened
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The President was completely OBDURATE on the issue; and no amount of persuasion would change his mind. |
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Ostentatious
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showy; flashy; overly elaborate or ornate
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The king’s OSTENTATIOUS lifestyle was evident in the lavish decoration and luxuriousness of his palace. |
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Perspicacity
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sharp insight; acute perceptiveness; shrewdness
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The PERSPICACITY of Leonardo da Vinci impressed his contemporaries; his farsighted ideas and novel inventions demonstrated a brilliant mind blessed with great insight. |
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Tenet
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a commonly accepted principle or belief
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The TENETS of his faith included turning the other cheek. |
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Transitory
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temporary; not enduring; brief
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Youth is TRANSITORY; we all grow old. |
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Vicarious
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taking the place of a real experience; participating through another's experience
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Unable to attend college, the mother experienced a VICARIOUS thrill when she watched her daughter graduate. |
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Repartee
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clever and quick dialogue; witty verbal exchange
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Tongue-tied, she could not think of a quick REPARTEE. |
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Saturnine
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sullen; grave; glum; sulky
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The never-ending rain put everyone in a SATURNINE mood. |
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Submissive
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obedient; willing to give in or to surrender; yielding; meek
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My dog’s SUBMISSIVE nature leads him to roll on his back in front of other dogs. |
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Furtive
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secret; sly; stealthy
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The detective had much difficulty finding the FURTIVE criminal. |
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Heresy
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belief or action contrary to standard religious teachings
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Galileo was accused of HERESY for his theory that the earth revolved around the sun. |
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Inchoate
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just begun; being in the first stage of growth; not fully formed
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The ideas expressed in the writer’s mature work also appear in an INCHOATE form in his earliest writing. |
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Eclectic
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consisting of elements chosen from a variety of sources
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Budapest’s architecture is an ECLECTIC mix of eastern and western styles. |
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Ethereal
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airy; insubstantial; heavenly; relating to regions beyond the Earth
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After the lights went out in the planetarium, the room had an ETHEREAL atmosphere. |
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Fastidious
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fussy; excessively picky; difficult to please
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The woman was extremely FASTIDIOUS, as evident in the long hours she would take to complete a task. |
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Acquiesce
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to agree; to give consent without resistance
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The group ACQUIESCED to the new regulation although they had formally fought them tooth and nail. |
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Archaic
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old-fashioned; obsolete
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Her ARCHAIC computer could not run the latest software. |
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Ardent
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extremely enthusiastic; passionate; warm; eager
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His ARDENT affection for his wife was reflected in his letters and gifts. |
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Contentious
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quarrelsome; given to controversy or argument
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The CONTENTIOUS student was asked to leave the classroom. |
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Debilitate
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to weaken; to disable; to cripple or undermine
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The illness will DEBILITATE the muscles in his legs. |
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Dupe
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(v) to fool or trick
(n) one who has been misled or deceived |
Bugs Bunny was able to DUPE Elmer Fudd by dressing up as a lady rabbit. |
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Inscrutable
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perplexing; mysterious; unable to be understood
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Unable to interpret her INSCRUTABLE smile, he wondered what she knew but wouldn’t reveal. |
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Intransigent
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(adj) stubborn; unyielding, willful
(n) one who won't budge or compromise |
The professor was INTRANSIGENT on the deadline, insisting that everyone turn the argument in at the same time. |
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Jaded
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worn-out; exhausted; dulled by overuse or excess
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A person may become JADED if forced to work too many hours. |
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Irreproachable
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blameless, faultless
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Employees whose work is IRREPROACHABLE deserve a raise. |
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Misanthrope
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a hater of humankind
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The character Scrooge in A Christmas Carol is such a MISANTHROPE that even the sight of children singing makes him angry. |
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Narcissistic
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excessively conceited; in love with oneself or one's own appearance and body
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His NARCISSISTIC attitude was not well-suited to a career as a care-giver. |
