VOCAB 5

unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others

• Altruistic

• dearth

• infallible

• diffident

to express agreement

• assent

• clemency

• embark

• pungent

one who does good to others

• benefactor

• facile

• plod

• temerity

marked by honor, courtesy, and courage; knightly

• chivalrous

• altruistic

• infalliable

• unfeigned

mercy, humaneness; mildness, moderateness

• clemency

• indomitable

• truculent

• diffident

a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine

• dearth

• assent

• embark

• repose

shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved

• diffident

• chivalrous

• discrepency

• remiss

a difference; a lack in agreement

• discrepancy

• altruistic

• virulent

• benefactor

to go aboard; to make a start; to invest

• embark

• plod

• dearth

• pungent

easily done or attained; superficial; ready, fluent; easily shown but not sincerely felt

• facil

• dearth

• diffident

• temerity