Unit 5 Vocab definitions

PUNGENT

(adj.) Affecting the sense of smell

DIFFIDENT

(adj.) Bashful or unassertive

CHIVALROUS

(adj.) Characterized by consideration and courtesy, especially toward women

VIRULENT

(adj.) Exceedingly noxious or dangerous

TRUCULENT

(adj.) Fierce, harsh, aggressive

INFALLIBLE

(adj.) Free from error of judgment, perfect

UNFEIGNED

(adj.) Genuine; not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

REMISS

(adj.) Negligent or careless in one's duties

FACILE

(adj.) Not difficult to do

INDOMITABLE

(adj.) Not to be subdued; Unconquerable

ALTRUISTIC

(adj.) Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness

BENEFACTOR

(n.) A doer of kindly and charitable acts

ASSENT

(n.) Agreement with a statement or proposal; (v.) To agree or express agreement

TEMERITY

(n.) Audacity, boldness

DISCREPANCY

(n.) Divergence or disagreement, as between facts or claims; difference

CLEMENCY

(n.) Mercy, forgiveness

DEARTH

(n.) Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable

REPOSE

(n.) The state of being at rest or relaxing; (v.) To rest or relax

EMBARK

(v.) To make a start, begin something

PLOD

(v.) To move or walk heavily or laboriously; trudge