Humble adjective Definition: not acting superior Synonyms: shy, down-to-earth, modest Antonyms: aggressive, confident, boastful Read the thesaurus entry for "humble." Then use the drop-down menus to pick the best synonym for each sentence. He was not ashamed of his humble background, even when he became successful. Accepting her award, the humble celebrity said her success was all due to her mother. the answers to this is:

1.modest

2.down-to-earth

He was not ashamed of his humble (modest) background, even when he became successful.

Accepting her award, the humble (down-to-earth) celebrity said her success was all due to her mother.

Explanation:

Considering the meaning of the word "humble" and applying accordingly to the different sentences, we can get a better synonym for what will be used in what sentence. Though the same words are used in both sentences, their intended meanings can well differ, according to the sentence and the proposed effect by the use of the word.

Accordingly, in the first sentence, the word "humble" will be replaced by the word "modest" for it presents the successful man's simple background.

And in the second sentence, the word will be replaced by "down-to-earth" to give the impression of the actress as having a personality that is so humble, down-to-earth, simple.  

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.