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Unit 5 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| showing a selfless concern for the well-being of others, without care for one's own interests; unselfish. | Altruistic |
| Expression of approval or agreement. | Assent |
| A person who provides help, often financial, to a person or cause. | Benefactor |
| Marked by honor, courtesy, and courage. | Chivalrous |
| Mercy or mildness | Clemency |
| A lack or scarcity of something. | Dearth |
| Shy due to lack of self-confidence. | Diffident |
| A difference or lack of similarity between things. | Discripancy |
| To go on a journey or begin a course of action. | Embark |
| Easily achieved, or superficial. | Facil |
| Impossible to defeat. | Indomitable |
| Incapable of error. | Infalliable |
| To walk slowly and heavily. | Plod |
| Having a strong taste or smell. | Pungent |
| Neglectful of duty. | Remiss |
| A state of rest or tranquility. | Repose |
| Excessive boldness. | Temerity |
| Fierce and aggressive. | Truculent |
| Sincere | Unfiegned |
| Extremely harmful or bitterly hostile | Virulent |