201-225 Flashcards

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To be late in doing something

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Tarry

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A person who seeks favor by flattering people of wealth or power

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Sycophant

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Timid and fearful

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Timorous

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Someone who flatters in the hopes of gaining something

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Toady

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Far beyond normal limits

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Transcendent

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Fearful uncertainty or anxiety

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Trepidation

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A ruling body of three

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Triumvate

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An instance of moral corruption or wickedness

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Turpitude

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To remove or to deprive of rank, function or authority of a priest or minister

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Unfrock

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Not having a good education

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Unlettered

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The act of lending money at a high, illegal interest-rate

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Usury

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An odd or unexpected idea or flight of fancy

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Vagary

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Expressing a farewell

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Valedictory

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Acting or moving with great force or strong passion

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Vehement

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A realistic appearance

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Verisimilitude

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Dizziness

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Vertigo

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An almost invisible trace of something

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Vestige

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The quality of being changeable; a variation in the course of things

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Vicissitude

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Full of hate or extremely poisonous or deadly

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Virulent

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To be out of control

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Wanton

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Clever or crafty

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Wily

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Pleasing and engaging, childishly charming

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Winsome

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To twist or bend and roll around, usually in pain

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Writhe

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A person who is a fanatic or who is extreme in his enthusiasm

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Zealot

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The outlook, trends and characteristic of a specific period

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Zeitgeist