English, 25.05.2020 04:58 nicollexo21

Read the example sentence and study the chart of definitions.

It wasn’t until Diego missed a bus to help me finish the chores that I realized how unselfish he truly was.

Given that -istic is a suffix that means "characterized by,” which word could best replace unselfish?

idealistic
humanistic
altruistic
optimistic

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