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| tacit |
expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| taciturn |
temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| tackle |
an assemblage of ropes and pulleys arranged to gain
mechanical advantage for hoisting and pulling |
| tactile |
perceptible by touch:TANGIBLE |
| tactless |
marked by lack of a keen sense of what to do or say
in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid
offense |
| tag |
a cardboard, plastic, or metal marker used for identification
or classification |
| taint |
to contaminate morally:CORRUPT |
| talisman |
charm |
| tame |
lacking spirit, zest, interest, or the capacity to excite:INSIPID |
| tamper |
to interfere so as to weaken or change for the worse |
| tangent |
diverging from an original purpose of course:IRRELEVANT |
| tangible |
capable of being perceived especially by the sense of
touch:PALPABLE |
| tangy |
having or suggestive of a tang |
| tantalize |
to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something
desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of
reach |
| tantamount |
equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| tantrum |
a fit of bad temper |
| taper |
progressively narrowed toward one end |
| tapestry |
a heavy handwoven reversible textile used for hangings,
curtains, and upholstery and characterized by complicated
pictorial designs |
| tardy |
delayed beyond the expected or proper time:late |
| tarnish |
something that tarnishes; especially a film of chemically
altered material on the surface of a metal (as silver) |
| tarpaulin |
a piece of material (as durable plastic) used for protecting
exposed objects or areas |
| tasty |
strikingly attractive or interesting |
| tatty |
rather worn, frayed, or dilapidated:SHABBY |
| taunt |
to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner:jeer
at |
| taut |
having no give or slack:tightly drawn |
| tawdry |
cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality; also :IGNOBLE |
| taxing |
onerous, wearing |
| teal |
small wild duck living near rivers or lakes |
| tear |
to move or act with violence, haste, or force |
| tease |
to tantalize especially by arousing desire or curiosity
without intending to satisfy it |
| tedious |
tiresome because of length or dullness:boring |
| teeter |
to move unsteadily:wobble |
| telling |
carrying great weight and producing a marked effect:effective,
expressive |
| temerity |
unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition:rashness,
recklessness |
| temperate |
marked by moderation |
| tempestuous |
of, relating to, or resembling a tempest |
| temporize |
avoid committing oneself; gain time |
| tenable |
capable of being held, maintained, or defended:defensible,
reasonable |
| tenacious |
persistent in maintaining or adhering to something valued
or habitual |
| tendentious |
marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point
of view:biased |
| tender |
offer; extend |
| tendinous |
consisting of tendons:sinewy |
| tepid |
moderately warm, lukewarm |
| terminus |
either end of a transportation line or travel route;
also :the station, town, or city at such a place:terminal |
| terror |
a state of intense fear |
| testator |
a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| testimony |
a solemn declaration usually made orally by a witness
under oath in response to interrogation by a lawyer or
authorized public official |
| testy |
easily annoyed:irritable |
| tether |
to fasten or restrain by |
| theatrical |
marked by pretense or artificiality of emotion |
| theology |
the study of religious faith, practice, and experience;
especially : the study of God and of God's relation to
the world |
| therapeutic |
of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders
by remedial agents or methods |
| thorny |
full of difficulties or controversial points:ticklish |
| threadbare |
exhausted of interest or freshness |
| thrive |
to grow vigorously:flourish |
| throng |
to crowd together in great numbers |
| thwart |
to oppose successfully:defeat the hopes or aspirations
of |
| ticklish |
touchy, oversensitive |
| tidy |
neat and orderly in appearance or habits:well ordered
and cared for |
| tiff |
a petty quarrel |
| tightfisted |
reluctant to part with money |
| tile |
slab of baked clay or other material used in rows for
covering roofs, walls, floors, etc |
| timeworn |
hackneyed, stale |
| timid |
lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| timorous |
of a timid disposition:fearful |
| tinge |
to color with a slight shade or stain:tint |
| tinker |
to repair, adjust, or work with something in an unskilled
or experimental manner:fiddle |
| tint |
a variation of a color produced by adding white to it
and characterized by a low saturation with relatively
high lightness |
| tirade |
a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative,
or harshly censorious language |
| toady |
one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors:SYCOPHANT |
| tolerance |
sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing
from or conflicting with one's own |
| tong |
a secret society or fraternal organization especially
of Chinese in the U.S. formerly notorious for gang warfare |
| tonic |
increasing or restoring physical or mental tone:refreshing |
| tonsorial |
of or relating to a barber or the work of a barber |
| topsy-turvy |
being in utter confusion or disorder |
| torpid |
sluggish in functioning or acting |
| torpor |
a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial
or total insensibility:extreme sluggishness or stagnation
of function |
| torrential |
caused by or resulting from action of rapid streams |
| torrid |
giving off intense heat:scorching |
| tortuous |
marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns:winding |
| tourniquet |
a device (as a bandage twisted tight with a stick) to
check bleeding or blood flow |
| tractable |
capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled:docile |
| trait |
a distinguishing quality (as of personal character):
peculiarity |
| transcend |
to rise above or go beyond the limits of , to triumph
over the negative or restrictive aspects of:overcome |
| transfigure |
to give a new and typically exalted or spiritual appearance
to:transform outwardly and usually for the better |
| transgress |
to go beyond limits set or prescribed by:violate |
| transient |
passing especially quickly into and out of existence:
transitory |
| transitory |
tending to pass away:not persistent |
| translucent |
permitting the passage of light:clear, transparent |
| transparent |
easily detected or seen through:obvious |
| travail |
painful labor |
| traverse |
to go or travel across or over |
| travesty |
a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| treacherous |
characterized by or manifesting treachery:perfidious |
| treasurer |
an officer entrusted with the receipt, care, and disbursement
of funds |
| treaty |
an agreement or arrangement made by negotiation |
| tremendous |
notable by reason of extreme size, power, greatness,
orexcellence |
| tremulous |
such as is or might be caused by nervousness or shakiness |
| trenchant |
vigorously effective and articulate |
| trepidation |
timorous uncertain agitation:apprehension |
| trespass |
to enter unlawfully upon the land of another |
| tribute |
a payment by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment
of submission or as the price of protection; also :the
tax levied for such a payment |
| trickle |
to issue or fall in drops |
| trite |
hackneyed or boring from much use:not fresh or original |
| triumph |
a victory or conquest by or as if by military force |
| trivial |
of little worth or importance |
| trophy |
something gained or given in victory or conquest especially
when preserved or mounted as a memorial |
| troupe |
a company or group, especially of touring actors, singers,
or dancers |
| truant |
Idle, lazy, or neglectful. one who shirks duty; especially
:one who stays out of school without permission |
| truculent |
feeling or displaying ferocity:cruel, savage |
| trudge |
to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously |
| truncate |
to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| truss |
A rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars,
designed to support a structure, such as a roof. |
| tumult |
disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually
with uproar and confusion of voices:commotion |
| turbid |
deficient in clarity or purity:foul, muddy |
| turbulent |
causing unrest, violence, or disturbance |
| turgid |
excessively embellished in style or language:bombastic,
pompous |
| turmoil |
a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation,
or commotion |
| turncoat |
one who switches to an opposing side or party; specifically
:traitor |
| turret |
a little tower; specifically :an ornamental structure
at an angle of a larger structure |
| tutor |
a person charged with the instruction and guidance of
another |
| typo |
an error (as of spelling) in typed or typeset material |
