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Building Character: Words of Wisdom and Resilience

Explore the power of empathy, sagacity, and resilience through definitions, examples, and sentences highlighting the importance of characteristics like adroitness and righteousness in facing perils and transient situations.

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Building Character: Words of Wisdom and Resilience

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  1. Macbeth Unit 1

  2. deleterious • Definition: • harmful Synonyms: Toxic Deadly Lethal poisonous • Antonyms: • Harmless • Safe • Nontoxic • Risk-free • Examples: • Anthrax • Napalm • Smoking • Ebola virus

  3. Deleterious sentences • The massive oil spill proved deleterious to ocean life, killing many fish, birds, and other marine life. • Something that is deleterious is…

  4. divergent • Definition: • Moving apart, differing, not matching up • Synonyms: • Deviating • Opposing • Conflicting • contrary • Examples: • Reading and dancing • Introverts and extroverts • Fords and Chevy lovers • Creationism and evolution • Antonyms: • Similar • Alike • Comparable

  5. Divergent Sentences • My brother and sister went divergent ways after graduation, one to the military, the other to the university. • An example of a divergent belief is…

  6. Empathy • Definition: understanding of another’s feelings • Synonyms: • Compassion • Sympathy • Walking in someone’s shoes • Examples: • Helping your friend through a break up • Listening to a friend who’s having a problem with a parent • Sharing problems with coworkers • Antonyms: • Lack of understanding • Don’t care

  7. Empathy sentences • If a friend is upset, you need to show empathy by listening and showing you care. • A job where you need to have empathy is…

  8. Resilient • Definition: • Recovering quickly • Synonyms: • Flexible • Durable • Hardy • Resistant • Examples: • Football players have to be • Business men, Donald Trump • Tires for your car • Antonyms: • Rigid • Unbending • Inflexible • stiff

  9. Resilient Sentences • The dandelions were resilient against every pesticide we sprayed on them. • A resilient person will…

  10. Sagacity • Definition: • Wisdom, being level-headed • Synonyms: • Reasonable • Wise • Good judgment • Examples: • Kings and presidents must have sagacity • Abraham Lincoln, George Washington • Judges • Antonyms: • Foolishness • Silliness • thoughtlessness

  11. Sagacity Sentences • The owl is a symbol of wisdom and sagacity. • Someone I know how possesses sagacity is…

  12. Vindicate • Definition: • Prove that someone is innocent or not guilty • Synonyms: • Free from blame • Cleared • Proven correct • Examples: • Judge finds you not guilty • Ace a test after you fail the previous one • Have a good game after a poor one • Antonyms: • Convicted • Found guilty • Proven wrong

  13. Vindicate Sentences • After losing to UCLA, Nebraska vindicated themselves by soundly defeating South Dakota State. • After failing a test, my sister vindicated herself by…

  14. Transient • Definition: • Short-lived, not long lasting (as in time) • Synonyms: • Fleeting • Brief • Temporary • momentary • Examples: • Bubbles • Rain shower • A lit match on a windy day • Kardashian marriages • Antonyms: • Enduring • Long-lasting • Eternal • undying

  15. Transient Sentences • Summer in Alaska is a brief and transient occasion. • Something that is transient is…

  16. Feigned • Definition: • Pretendedor faked something • Synonyms: • Artificial • Pretended • Insincere • Not real • Examples: • Play sick to stay home • Pretend to be someone else on phone • Morgana feigned being good, though she was truly evil • Antonyms: • Natural • Real • Authentic • True

  17. Feigned Sentences • To make my mom happy, I feigned interest in her long explanation of how she made my quilt. • The manfeigned illness so he…

  18. Adroit • Definition: • skillful • Synonyms: • Competent • Capable • Able • Nimble • Examples: • Complicated dances • Fencing with swords • Getting around a defender in sports • Driving around obstacles • Antonyms: • Clumsy • Awkward • Inept • “all thumbs”

  19. Adroitly Sentences • The adroit receiver caught the football before being pushed out of bounds. • I am adroit at…

  20. Peril • Definition: • danger • Synonyms: • Threat • Risk • hazard • Examples: • Giants, serpents, sea monsters • Below zero temperatures • Walking along a cliff • Being in a tornado • Antonyms: • Safety • Security • Protection • Well-being

  21. Peril Sentences • Staying afloat during storms is one of the perils of being a sailor. • A peril of climbing Mount Everest would be…

  22. Entreated • Definition: • plead, ask desperately • Synonyms: • Beg • Pray • Request • beseech • Examples: • Entreat parents to use the car • Entreat boss for a raise • Entreat teacher for an extension on an assignment • Antonyms: • Turn down • decline • Refuse • reject

  23. Entreated Sentences • The soccer player entreated his coach for one more chance. • I’ve entreated my parents to…

  24. Righteous • Definition: • virtuous and moral • Synonyms: • Good • Honorable • Respectable • upright • Examples: • Beowulf • Gawain • Superman • Knights of Round Table • Antonyms: • Sinful • Wicked • Evil • corrupt

  25. Righteous Sentences • Gawain proved himself a righteous man when he didn’t back out on his pact with the Green Knight. • Someone who is righteous is…

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