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Connotation is the feeling the word adds—positive, neutral, or negative. Two words can share a denotation and still send opposite signals: thrifty /frugal (positive), economical (neutral), cheap / miserly / stingy (negative); determined (positive), stubborn (mildly negative), obstinate (negative); assertive (positive), bossy / aggressive (negative); slim / slender (positive), thin (neutral), skinny / scrawny (negative); look / gaze (positive), stare (neutral), gawk (negative); young / youthful (positive), childish / immature (negative) . Pick the connotation that matches the writer's tone—praise, criticism, or neutral report. |  |  |\n\nPRACTICE  \nChoose the word with the BEST connotation for each sentence, or identify the connotation a word carries.  \n1. Read the sentence: Marisol gave a warm, hopeful speech and smiled at every member of the audience.  \nWhich word BEST replaces the underlined word to keep a POSITIVE tone? 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