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Traits of personality

Neat comparative neater, superlative neatest

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Tidy and carefully arranged:

Neat handwriting

His clothes were always neat and clean.

Everything in the house was neat and tidy.

She arranged the books in a nice neat pile.

Spir‧i‧tu‧al

1 relating to your spirit rather than to your body or mind:

Painting helps fill a spiritual need for beauty.

Spiritual values

2 relating to religion [= religious]:

Islam was inspired by the teachings of the spiritual leader Mohammed.

Maintenance / ˈmeɪntnʲəns / || / ˈmeɪntənəns/

Down to earth

Make do

To manage with the things that you have, even though this is not really enough:

I hardly had any food in the house so I just had to make do.

Re‧lief

1 Comfort

 [singular, uncountable] a feeling of comfort when something frightening, worrying, or painful has ended or has not happened [↪ relieve]:

I felt a huge surge of relief and happiness.

Mature ¹ /məˈtʊr / ||/məˈtjʊə(r)/

Passionately / ˈpæʃənətli/

Side‧kick ['saɪdkɪk] [countable] informal

someone who spends time with or helps another person, especially when that other person is more important than they are

Humor ¹, (BrE) humour / ˈhjuːmər / || / ˈhjuːmə(r)/

Individual [countable]

1 a person, considered separately from the rest of the group or society that they live in:

the rights of the individual

Each individual receives two genes, one inherited from each parent.

Most churches were built with donations from private individuals(=ordinary people, rather than the government or companies).

2 a person of a particular kind, especially one who is unusual in some way:

A strange-looking individual

Loyal / ˈlɔɪəl/

Tough comparative tougher, superlative toughest

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Difficult

Difficult to do or deal with:

It was a tough race.

She’s had a tough life.

Nervous / ˈnɜːrvəs / || / ˈnɜːvəs/

Commitment /kəˈmɪtmənt/