Sadlier-Oxford Level E - Unit 5

Elizabeth S. (United States of America)
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  1. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  2. assent
    agree or express agreement
  3. benefactor
    a person who helps people or institutions
  4. chivalrous
    attentive and honorable like an ideal knight
  5. clemency
    leniency and compassion shown toward offenders
  6. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  7. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  8. discrepancy
    a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
  9. embark
    go on board
  10. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  11. indomitable
    impossible to subdue
  12. infallible
    incapable of failure or error
  13. plod
    walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
  14. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  15. remiss
    failing in what duty requires
  16. repose
    freedom from activity
  17. temerity
    fearless daring
  18. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  19. unfeigned
    not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
  20. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
Created on Wed Sep 21 15:42:37 EDT 2011 (updated Wed Mar 07 20:38:48 EST 2012)

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