School Vocab #5
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- 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, sacrity, inadequate supply; a famine
- Diffident
- Shy, lacking self-confidence; 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 yield
- Infallible
- Free from error; absolutely dependable
- Plod
- To walk heavily or slowly; to work slowly
- Pungent
- Causing a sharp sensation; stinging, biting
- Remiss
- Neglectful in performance of one's duty, careless
- Repose
- To rest;lie;place;relaxation, peace of mind, clamness
- Temerity
- Rashness, boldness
- Truculent
- fierce and cruel; aggressive; deadly, destructive; scathingly harsh
- Unfeigned
- Sincere, real, without pressure
- Virulent
- extremely poisonous; full of malice; spiteful