Unit 5 Vocab Review

California's drought was caused by a/an ____ of rain.

• diffident
• temerity
• discrepancy
• dearth

After losing $1000, the bank teller was fired because he was _____ in his duties.

• remiss
• truculent
• virulent
• discrepancy

Even though he was a new student, he wasn't ____.  He spoke to everyone.

• repose
• diffident
• altruistic
• indomitable

The _____ child put her goldfish on the carpet and watched it die a slow, painful death.

• pungent
• chivalrous
• infallible
• truculent

The ____ basketball team has won every game for 3 seasons straight. 

• facile
• indomitable
• unfeigned
• clemency

Because she knew every Christmas gift her parents got for her, her reaction to opening them wasn't _____.

• unfeigned
• virulent
• infallible
• facile

The soldier ____ through the muddy field in order to get back to his base camp. 

• remissed
• assented
• plodded
• reposed

The attorney for the old man pleaded for ____ since his client was dying of cancer. 

• benefactor
• remiss
• temerity
• clemency

When you get your first paycheck, you will notice a/an _____  between your actual salary and what you get after taxes are taken out

• embark
• assent
• dearth
• discrepancy

A rattlesnake is a/an _____ animal, so don't try to pick one up.

• virulent
• indomitable
• pungent
• diffident