| A | B |
|---|
| surreptitious | sly; stealthy; done in a quiet or secret way |
| susceptible | very sensitive; capable of being acted upon, influenced, or affected by a specific trait |
| sycophant | one who tries to win favor or advance himself by flattering persons of influence; a servile self-seeker |
| taciturn | habitually untalkative; laconic; uncommunicative |
| tactless | not having or showing a sense of the right thing to do or say without causing anger or hurt feelings; without skill in dealing with people |
| talon | the claw of a bird or prey; a human finger or hand that looks or grasps like a claw; any object suggestive of a heel or claw |
| tangential | diverging or digressing; merely touching a subject, not dealing with it at length |
| tawdry | gaudy and cheap; vulgarly ornamental |
| tedious | long or verbose and wearisome; tiresome; boring |
| temerity | rashness; foolish or reckless boldness |
| tenet | a principle, doctrine, or belief held as a truth by a group |
| tentative | made, done or proposed experimentally; not definite or final; indicating timidly, hesitancy, or uncertainty |
| terse | using only a few words but clear and to the point; polished |
| threadbare | with the nap worn down so that the threads show; frayed or shabby; used so often that it is stale |
| thwart | to oppose directly; to baffle; to block; to frustrate |
| tirade | a long, angry or scolding speech; a harangue |
| trepidation | a trembling; apprehension; a state of alarm and dread |
| turbulence | violent motion; disorder; excitement |
| unassailable | undeniable; unquestionable; not liable to attack |
| undermine | to dig or make a tunnel under; to wear away and weaken the support of; to injure or to weaken in a slow or sneaky way |
| unequivocal | plain; very clear in meaning |
| unethical | not conforming to approved standards of behavior, a socially accepted code, or professionally endorsed principles and practices |
| ungainly | clumsy; awkward; hard to handle |
| unimpeachable | beyond doubt or reproach; unquestionable |
| unobtrusive | not readily noticeable; inconspicuous |
| unscathed | undamaged; unharmed |
| untenable | that which cannot be maintained or occupied; incapable or being defended or held |
| urbane | courteous; suave; polished |
| utopian | excellent, but existing only in fancy or theory; given to dreams or schemes of perfection |
| vacillate | to sway unsteadily; to totter; to waver; to fluctuate |
| validate | to declare or make legally sound; to substantiate; to verify |
| venerate | to regard with respect and reverence; to honor |
| verbose | wordy; tedious |
| viable | able to live or exist; practicable |
| vicarious | taking the place of another; experienced through sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| vilify | to defame; to slander; to cause a person to become vile |
| vindictive | revengeful; unforgiving; bitter; spiteful |
| virtuoso | one interested in the pursuit of knowledge; one with masterly skill or technique in any field, as in the arts |
| vitriolic | extremely biting or caustic; sharp and bitter |
| volatile | evaporating readily at normal temperatures; changeable; explosive; lighthearted; fleeting |
| voluminous | large, bulky; enough to fill volumes |
| voracious | ravenous; greedy; gluttonous |
| waive | to dispense with; to relinquish; to postpone |
| wanton | immoral; senseless; deliberately malicious; excessive |
| whet | to sharpen; to make stronger; to stimulate |
| wither | to dry up; to shrivel; to cause to lose courage or to be ashamed |
| writhe | to twist or squirm, as in pain; to suffer form shame or shyness |
| zany | clownish; foolish; funny; absurd |
| zealot | a person who shows great enthusiasm for a cause |
| zenith | the point in the sky directly above one; the highest point |
