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Sympathetic Selfish Greedy Man Likeable Feeling Showing Sympathy

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Keyword sympathetic
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence He's a selfish, greedy little man and not at all sympathetic.
Correct Sentence He's a selfish, greedy little man and not at all likeable.
Cloze Error Sentence He's a selfish, greedy little man and not at all [[sympathetic]].
Cloze Sentence He's a selfish, greedy little man and not at all [[likeable]].
Cloze Answer likeable
Choices likeable | sympathetic
Explanation

sympathetic = feeling or showing sympathy: 'He expected people to be sympathetic because he was an orphan.'

likeable = easy to like: 'If Philip weren't so arrogant, he'd be quite likeable.'

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