| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Succor | relief help aid assistance |
| Surreptitious | obtained done by stealth secret or unauthorized |
| Taciturn | inclined to silence reserved in speech reluctant to join in conversation |
| Tactile | connected with the sense of touch |
| Talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortunes |
| Tractable | easily managed docile yielding |
| Trite | lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive rept4etition |
| Truculent | fierce cruel savagely brutal |
| Ubiquitous | seemingly everywhere pervasive |
| Urbane | having the polish regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities |
| Vacillate | to sway unsteadily to waver in mind or opinion |
| Vanguard | the leaders of any intellectual or political movement the foremost division of an army |
| Viable | capable of living practicable workable |
| Vicarious | felt or enjoyed though imagined participation in the experience of others |
| Ransack | to search closely and carefully; to turn upside down |
| Recalcitrant | resisting authority or control; refractory |
| Rectitude | great integrity or moral uprightness; honesty |
| Redoubtable | formidable; worthy of respect |
| Revile | to attack with cruel language; call bad names |
| Soporific | causing sleep; drowsy |
| Squalor | filth and misery |
| Staunch | firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty |
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