Fill in the blanks with gratitude, gratuitous, grateful or ingratitude.
Grateful means thankful or deeply appreciative.
Gratification means satisfaction or enjoyment.
To gratify is to satisfy.
Gratitude is another word for gratefulness.
Gratuitous means uncalled for or unwarranted.
1I am ............... for your help.
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Use "grateful" to describe feeling thankful for someone’s help.
2Feeding helpless animals gives me tremendous ...............
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"Gratification" means a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction.
3Winning the contract ............... the manager.
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"Gratified" means pleased or satisfied by something.
4The corrupt official cared only about the ............... of his greed.
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"Gratification" is the noun for satisfying a desire or need.
5The candy ............... my sweet tooth.
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"Gratified" means satisfied, so it fits with a sweet tooth.
6I do not have enough words to express my ...............
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"Gratitude" means thankfulness.
7His ............... insult made me really angry.
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"Gratuitous" can mean unnecessary and offensive.
8We are grateful for the ............... help we have received from all sides.
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"Generous" naturally describes kind and helpful support from others.
9They raised him with great love and affection, but he paid them back with ...............
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"Ingratitude" means a lack of thankfulness.
10No matter what we do for her, she is always ...............
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"Ungrateful" describes someone who does not show thanks.
11His ............... made his foster parents unhappy.
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"Ingratitude" is the noun for not being thankful.
12............... people tend to pass blame.
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"Ungrateful" people do not appreciate what others do for them.
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- I am grateful for your help.
- Feeding helpless animals gives me tremendous gratification.
- Winning the contract gratified the manager.
- The corrupt official cared only about the gratification of his greed.
- The candy gratified my sweet tooth.
- I do not have enough words to express my gratitude.
- His gratuitous insult made me really angry.
- We are grateful for the generous help we have received from all sides.
- They raised him with great love and affection, but he paid them back with ingratitude.
- No matter what we do for her, she is always ungrateful.
- His ingratitude made his foster parents unhappy.
- Ungrateful people tend to pass blame.