Group2 Flashcards
Exorbitant
Unreasonably high
Usury
Practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
Untoward
Not favourable, troublesome, adverse, unruly
Unruly
Disorderly and disruptive
Untenable
Indefensible
Indefensible
Unjustifiable by argument
Unfeigned
Not false, not made up, genuine
Undulating
Moving in waves
Uncanny
Mysterious, strange
Tutelary
Serving as a guardian or protector
Turgid
Swollen, bloated, pompous
Turbid
Muddy, opaque, in a state of great confusion
Distended
Literal meaning: swollen use to pressure on the inside
Tryst
Agreement between lovers to meet; rendezvous
Truculence
Aggressiveness, ferocity
Trepidation
Fear, anxiety
Tremulous
Trembling, quivering, frugal, timid
Treatise
Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
Travesty
Parody, caricature, exaggerated imitation
Travail
(Arduous) work; tribulation, anguish
Tribulation
Grievous trouble, severe trial
Transgression
Act of trespassing or violating a law or rule
Tenuous
Weak, insubstantial
Indecorous
Not keeping with good taste and propriety
Shore up
Support by placing against something rigid/solid
Vociferous
Vehement ad clamorous (person or speech)
Skittish
Playfully frivolous and unpredictable
Restive
Increasingly difficult to control use to impatience, dissatisfaction etc.