201-225 Flashcards
To be late in doing something
Tarry
A person who seeks favor by flattering people of wealth or power
Sycophant
Timid and fearful
Timorous
Someone who flatters in the hopes of gaining something
Toady
Far beyond normal limits
Transcendent
Fearful uncertainty or anxiety
Trepidation
A ruling body of three
Triumvate
An instance of moral corruption or wickedness
Turpitude
To remove or to deprive of rank, function or authority of a priest or minister
Unfrock
Not having a good education
Unlettered
The act of lending money at a high, illegal interest-rate
Usury
An odd or unexpected idea or flight of fancy
Vagary
Expressing a farewell
Valedictory
Acting or moving with great force or strong passion
Vehement
A realistic appearance
Verisimilitude
Dizziness
Vertigo
An almost invisible trace of something
Vestige
The quality of being changeable; a variation in the course of things
Vicissitude
Full of hate or extremely poisonous or deadly
Virulent
To be out of control
Wanton
Clever or crafty
Wily
Pleasing and engaging, childishly charming
Winsome
To twist or bend and roll around, usually in pain
Writhe
A person who is a fanatic or who is extreme in his enthusiasm
Zealot