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Character Raquel Nature Large Property Defines Individual Wolf

Word character
QType L
Instructions In this sentence, character means:
Sentence Supporters say the ordinance was needed to preserve the character of the community amid large groups of renters that bring noise and parking crunches.
Source Washington Times
Source URL https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/18/rehoboth-officials-approve-limits-on-large-homes/
Source Title Rehoboth officials approve limits on large homes
Choices a gradual depletion of energy or resources | a property that defines the individual nature of something | the quality of being bold and enterprising | the condition of being changeable
Correct Answer a property that defines the individual nature of something
Blurb

When Martin Luther King, Jr. said he looked forward to the day when all Americans would be judged solely "by the content of their character," he was talking about a person's essential qualities.

"Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character," a guy called The Wolf advises a young woman named Raquel in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. The line illustrates three different senses of the word, which can mean "moral strength or reputation" (what Raquel lacks), "a person in a work of fiction" (what The Wolf and Raquel literally are), or, by extension, "a colorful personality" (what Raquel has). A fourth usage is "the distinctive nature of a person or thing," a meaning reflected in the word's origins. In Greek, a kharaktēr was a stamping tool, used to give something a distinctive mark.

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