Grade 10 Unit 5- Choosing the Right Word

As a state legislator, you should not gibe your (*assent, chivalry*) to any measure unless you truly believe in it.

assent

American Presidents often point to one of their schoolteachers as the (*discrepancy, benefactor*) who helped shape their character and ideas.

benefactor

In the violent world of today's pro football, good sportsmanship and (*pungent, chivalrous*) behavior still have a place.

chivalrous

We soon learned that behind his retiring and (*truculent, diffident*) manner, there was a keen mind and a strong will.

diffident

With all the deductions for taxes, there is a substantial (*dearth, discrepancy*) between my official salary and my weekly paycheck.

discrepancy

By 1781, George Washington's green recruits of a few years earlier had been forged into an (*infallible, indomitable*) army.

indomitable

He is not too well informed on most matters but when it comes to big-league baseball, he is all but (*indomitable, infallible*).

infallible

The lawyer (*plodded, embarked*) through hundreds of pages of the trial record, hoping to find some basis for an appeal

plodded

The critic's (*pungent, facile*) comments during the TV panel show were not only amusing but also very much to the point.

pungent

It would be (*indomitable, remiss*) of me, as editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, not to express appreciation for the help of our faculty advisor.

remiss

We breathed a sigh of relief when we saw the supposedly missing set of keys (*plodding, reposing*) in the desk drawer.

reposing

She is a popular young woman because people realize that her interest in them is sympathetic and (*remiss, unfeigned*).

unfeigned

I had no inkling of your deep-seated aversion to pop music until I overheard your (*altruistic, virulent*) comments about it.

virulent

I admired the speaker's (*remiss, facile*) flow of words, but the failed to convince me that she had practical ideas to help solve our problems.

facile

After boasting to me of your family's great wealth, how could you have the (*clemency, temerity*) to ask me for a loan?

temerity

You will surely win more support for your view by quiet discussion than by (*truculent, chivalrous*) attacks on your opponents.

truculent

Planet Earth is a sort of spaceship on which billions of human beings have (*reposed, embarked*) on a lifelong voyage.

embarked

Great political leaders know how to appeal to people not only though self-interest but also through their sense of (*temerity, altruism*).

altruism

In a grim old joke, a man found guilty of murdering his parents appeals for (*clemency, assent*) because he is an orphan.

clemency

How do you account for the (*clemency, dearth*) of old-fashioned family doctors willing to make house calls?

dearth