According to your definition: Modesty means the quality or state of being unassuming or moderate in the estimation of one's ability.
And, Now we require to define it in our way, and in easy language.....So, We can say that !!

❍ Modesty - It is the quality of not being much proud or confident about ourselves or on our abilities. Let's see some examples to capture properly:
- She accepted the award with modesty.
- There was no false modesty in her victory speech.
- Because of her modesty, the young woman was uncomfortable wearing a bathing suit in public.
- Many religions emphasize modesty and being reserved in appearance.
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Prions are a type of defective proteins, that can cause normal proteins to turn into defective, infectious ones: prion, word that comes from the term "proteinaceous infectious particle"; prions can cause neurodegenerative diseases. Unfortunately, even after scientists identified prions as the causal agents of the "mad cow" disease and others like the "kuru" (discovered in New Guinea, amongst a tribe that practiced cannibalism) and the "scrapie", the authorities tried to hide the epidemic, they took too long to ban the feeding of animals with mixes that included proteins from infected animals, so if authorities had implemented more actions since at least 1993 perhaps the epidemic could have been controlled earlier, instead of almost 25 years after the disease was identified.
In this sense, the author takes us step by step in the process (over time) and illustrates how people got frustrated because of the reaction of the government: nothing was done about the disease until over ten years after its discovery.
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A: Jefferson also wanted to obtain the port of New Orleans at the mouth of the Mississippi River so farmers could transport their goods.
When Victoria was told by her father that he and his mother were shifting the bureau downstairs, she conclude that her parents are pinching it because everything that was in grandfather's room had to be equally divided among the two sisters.
i think it might be the fourth one?