(a)   is a feeling of happiness and satisfaction.

If you have to choose whether to save your cat or your dog from a burning building, that's an awful (a)  

to leave sb, sth or swh (usually forever)

(a)  

If you go on vacation and (a)   your plants, they may wither and die due to your lack of attention.

If someone just came out of a coma and starting saying anything at all (or even started blinking), you'd be happy at how (a)   they are.

The company is cutting back its spending and I wonder what the (a)   will be for our department.

Anyone who is obsessively focused on money, or cares deeply about owning luxury goods can be described as (a)  

A racial (a)   is a negative attitude towards a group of people based on race — not on direct knowledge or experience.

If something is slowly and secretly causing harm, it's (a)   — like the rumors no one seems to listen to until suddenly someone's reputation is ruined.

(a)   is an economic system featuring the private ownership of business wealth and the free and unfettered operation of trade markets.