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Vocab unit 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Altruistic | Unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others |
| Assent | To express agreement; agreement |
| Benefactor | One who does good to others |
| Chivalrous | Marked by honor, courtesy, and courage; knightly |
| Clemency | Mercy, humaneness; mildness, moderateness |
| Dearth | A lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine |
| Diffident | Shy, lacking self-confident; modest, reserved |
| discrepancy | a difference; a lack of agreement |
| embark | to go aboard; to make a start; to invest |
| facile | easily done or attained, superficial; ready, fluent; easily shown but not sincerely felt |
| indomitable | unconquerable, refusing to yeild |
| infallible | free from error; absolutely dependable |
| plod | to walk heavily or slowly; to work slowly |
| pungnet | causing a sharp sensation; stinging, biting |
| remiss | neglectful in preformence of one's duty, carless |
| repose | to rest; lie; placerelaxation, peace of mind, calmness |
| temerity | rashness. boldness |
| truculent | fierce and cruel; aggressive; deadly, destructiv; scathingly harsh |
| unfeigned | sincere, real, without pretense |
| virulent | extremly poisonous; full of malice; spitful |