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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Tenable (adj) | Strongly defensed against criticism , or stable (job) |
| Termagant (n) | Strict woman |
| Throng (n) | Crowd of people |
| Timorous (adj) | Timid |
| Tortuous (adj) | Convoluted, long and complicated |
| Sure-footed (adj) | Unlikely to fall, unlikely to fail |
| Turpitude (n) | Despicable malfeasance |
| Tussle (v) | Vie, fight, compete |
| Tyro (n) | Novice, greenhorn, amateur |
| Umbrage (n) | To take (this word) mean to take offence |
| Underwrite (v) | To accept responsibility for something, sponsor it, buy shares |
| Unkempt (adj) | Dishevelled |
| Unsavory (adj) | Immoral, unpleasant, deplorable |
| Unwieldy (adj) | Cumbersome, hard to move, not in control |
| Urbane (adj) | Social, tactful, relaxed and confident |
| Usurp (v) | To take over power |
| Vacillate (v) | To keep changing your opinions in annoying way |
| Venial (adj) | Minor, petty, not serious (sin) |
| Vertigo (n) | Vertiginous feeling |
| Vestige (n) | small remnant left of something |
| Vicissitude (n) | Ups and downs of life |
| Vigil (n) | Time when you wake up to care for sb |
| Virile (adj) | Strong, masculine, energetic |
| Vitiate (v) | To mar, or to ameliorate the effect |
| Vituperation (n) | Angry criticism |
| Vogue (n) | A fad, a temporary trend |
| Volition (n) | Your free will to make decision |
| Wheedle (v) | To coax, persuade |
| Whet (v) | To increase your desire, appetite |
| Wince (v) | Twitch your face to show feeling |
| Wistful (adj) | Sad, poignant |
| Lovelorn (adj) | Heart-broken |
| Wrest (v) | To take control |
| Yen (n) | A strong desire |
| Cabal (n) | A small political renegade group |
| Denigrate (v) | To disparage, to belittle |
| Denouement (n) | The conclusive end of a book, play |
| Dolorous (adj) | Forlorn, morose |
| Emanate (v) | To show, express (power, confidence) |
| Extenuating (adj) | Showing that a crimes should be dealt more leniently |
| Impregnable (adj) | Unassailable |
| Knell (n) | Indication of the demise of something |
| Macabre (adj) | Ghostly scary, paranormal |
| Pathological (adj) | Not reasonable, insensible Related to illness |
| Rapacious (adj) | Avaricious |
| Reverie (n) | State of daydreaming |
| Risible (adj) | Ludicrous, ridiculous, deridable |
| Specious (adj) | Misleading although seeming right |
| Suffrage (n) | The right to vote |
| Thespian (n) | An actor |
| Verbatim (adj) | Exact to every word |
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