For each set of words, categorize each word as Positive, Negative, or Neutral.

1. gaze, look, stare

2. fragrance, odor, smell

3. manipulate, persuade, convince

4. delayed, late, tardy

5. interested, nosy, curious

6. lazily, slowly, leisurely

7. ask, demand, request

8. gathering, crowd, mob

9. slim, skinny, skeletal

10. discuss, debate, argue

11. observe, watch, spy

12. gossip, talk, chat

13. beast, animal, pet

14. exotic, foreign, strange

15. find, detect, snoop

16. sound, melody, noise

17. isolation, privacy, alone

18. assertive, confident, pushy

19. venerable, old, decrepit

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19 March, 16:02

For each set of words, categorize each word as Positive, Negative, or Neutral.

1. gaze, look, stare

2. fragrance, odor, smell

3. manipulate, persuade, convince

4. delayed, late, tardy

5. interested, nosy, curious

6. lazily, slowly, leisurely

7. ask, demand, request

8. gathering, crowd, mob

9. slim, skinny, skeletal

10. discuss, debate, argue

11. observe, watch, spy

12. gossip, talk, chat

13. beast, animal, pet

14. exotic, foreign, strange

15. find, detect, snoop

16. sound, melody, noise

17. isolation, privacy, alone

18. assertive, confident, pushy

19. venerable, old, decrepit

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Richard Cordova · Answer 1

Denotation is the basic meaning of the word which can be found in the dictionary (neutral).

Connotation is a form that word can have and it depends on emotions, attitude and feelings (positive or negative connotation).

Positive:

gaze

fragrance

persuade

delayed

curious

leisurely

request

gathering

slim

debate

observe

chat

pet

exotic

Negative:

stare

odor

manipulate

tardy

nosy

lazily

demand

mob

skinny

argue

spy

gossip

beast

strange

Neutral:

look

smell

convince

late

interested

slowly

ask

crowd

skeletal

discuss

watch

talk

animal

foreign