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