A fun way to learn the vocabulary words motivated, mindfulness, spiff up and mirth

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motivated: a feeling of being stimulated to do something or encouraging someone else to want to participate or do something.

example: My parents offered to give me a weekly allowance to motivate me to keep my room tidy.

spiff up: make nicer or spruce up.

example: My mother wanted to purchase a new desk to spiff up her home office.

mindfulness: to pay attention to one thing at a time; to slow down.

example: Our teacher told us to use mindfulness when taking a test, which means to not think about anything but the question before us.

mirth: great joy, laughter, cheerfulness.

example: Santa Claus's eyes twinkled in mirth as he drank the glass of milk that was waiting for him on a table near the Christmas tree.