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Benevolent • characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings. • good, kind, humane, generous, liberal, benign, philanthropic, altruistic.

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Benevolent. characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings. good, kind, humane, generous, liberal, benign, philanthropic, altruistic. Compassionate. having or showing compassion. pitying, sympathizing, sympathetic, tender. Complimentary. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Benevolent

• characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings.

• good, kind, humane, generous, liberal, benign, philanthropic, altruistic.

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Compassionate

• having or showing compassion.• pitying, sympathizing, sympathetic, tender.

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Complimentary

• of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering.

• commendatory, praising, laudatory.

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Forthright

• going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken.

• direct, straightforward.

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Serene

• calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled.• undisturbed, imperturbable, unperturbed,

composed, collected.

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Sympathetic

• characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate.

• commiserating, kind, tender, affectionate.

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Objective

• something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target.

• object, destination, aim.

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Bewildered

• completely puzzled or confused; perplexed.• mystify, nonplus, confuse, daze, confound,

stagger, muddle.

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Condescending

• showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority.

• patronizing, disdainful, supercilious.

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Desolate

• barren or laid waste; devastated.• lonesome, lost; miserable, wretched,

woebegone, woeful, inconsolable, cheerless, hopeless.

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Haughty

• disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious.

• lordly, disdainful, contemptuous.

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Indignant

• feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base.

• angry, resentful, infuriated, mad.

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Melancholy

• a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.

• sadness, dejection, despondency.

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Mocking

• to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.

• deride; taunt, flout, gibe; chaff, tease.

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Ominous

• portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious.

• Ominous, portentous, threatening, menacing, fateful.

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Pessimistic

• pertaining to or characterized by pessimism.• despairing, hopeless.

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Severe

• harsh; unnecessarily extreme.• strict, hard.

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Solemn

• grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood.

• unsmiling, serious.

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Somber

• gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted.• dusky, murky, sunless.

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Suspicious

• tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable.

• suspect, dubious, doubtful.

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Irreverent• not reverent; manifesting or characterized by

irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect.• irreligious, impious, profane.