Cool Words for Cool Kids
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on March 5, 2015.
Let’s do a practice round!
Empathy means:
A) The knowledge needed to succeed
B) The start of a conversation
C) The ability to share another person’s feelings
D) The crucial part of a story
Cool Word Challenge: Just for fun, come up with one sentence that uses both of the cool vocabulary words that you learned this week.
Here are the words again:
Reclusive: Avoiding contact with other people; living in seclusion.
Empathy: The ability to share another person’s feelings.
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What do you look for in a friend?
The answer will depend on the person you ask.
Sometimes, we choose friends who make us laugh.
But long-term friendships usually involve more than that. A close friend is someone who is also honest, trustworthy and loyal.
True friends are genuinely interested in your well being and show empathy (see definition and hear pronunciation below) when you’re coping with a difficult situation.
As the essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: “The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
Cool word question of the day: What are the characteristics that you look for in a close friend?
Empathy: The ability to share another person’s feelings.
Click here to hear a pronunciation of empathy.
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