p19 Flashcards
synoptic
Relating to a synopsis or summary; giving a general view
table
Lay aside to discuss later, often as a way to postpone discussion indefinitely
The European Union will table a package of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, including proposals to target individuals and banks.
tacit
Understood without being said; implied, not stated directly; silent
Supporting a resistance would be a tacit admission that its policy to leave was a failure.
taciturn
Not talking much, reserved; silent, holding back in conversation
Even the normally taciturn Clarence Thomas was moved to issue a rare public statement.
tangential
Only slightly relevant, going off-topic
Some companies are tangential to semiconductor production but aid in getting them to market.
Their romance is tangential to the book’s main plot.
tawdry
Gaudy, cheap or cheap-looking; indecent
Republican senators and disingenuous testimony by three recent Republican nominees have shamefully dragged the court down to the level of tawdry, hardball, partisan politics.
temperance
Moderation, self-control, esp. regarding alcohol or other desires or pleasures; total abstinence from alcohol
The prohibition era is back, only this time, the temperance movement is targeting your carbon-producing sins.
tendentious
Marked by a strong point of view, biased
After the Court overturned Roe v. Wade, your social-media feed might have included any number of tendentious PSAs.
tenuous
Long and thin, slender; flimsy, having little substance
After the end of the crusading period, however relations between East and West had grown tenuous …
terse
Concise, brief and to the point (sometimes to the point of rudeness)
… communication with his team was terse and brief.
The Democratic Party spokesperson Ben Anderson offered a terse comment on the agenda
timorous
Fearful, timid
Democratic moderates are often portrayed by the left as timorous figures reluctant to take strong stands for fear of political retribution.
The hospital industry has been timorous about transparency
tirade
Bitter, abusive criticism or verbal attack
He went into a tirade about the failures of the government.
toady
Someone who flatters or acts in a servile manner for self-serving reasons
no one liked the office toady, who spent most of her time complimenting the boss on what a great job he was doing
tome
Large or scholarly book; one of the volumes in a set of several books
torpor
Sluggishness, lethargy, or apathy; a period of inactivity
after a lifetime of setbacks, defeats, and failures, he could only greet the latest bad news with a resigned fatalism and dull torpor
torrid
Very hot, parching, burning; passionate
Multiples have increased at a torrid pace in some sectors over the last few years, especially in the middle market and above.
tortuous
Twisting, winding, complex; devious, not straightforward
tractable
Easily controlled or managed, docile; easily shaped or molded
Ukrainians are proving to be far less tractable to the application of military force than Putin expected.
transgression
Violation of a law, moral rule, order, etc.; sin
The assault on the Capitol is hardly the former President’s first transgression.
transitory
Temporary, short-lived, not lasting
Inflation, which economists once hoped was transitory, has proven to be anything but.
travesty
a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something
But the presidency is the one office for which the entire country votes, and for it to be captured by a progressive fringe is a travesty.
trenchant
forceful or vigorous, effective, keen; caustic, sharp
even the most trenchant sword could not sever the bonds of loyalty between them.
a trenchant view of current conditions
trifling
Trivial, not very important; so small as to be unimportant; frivolous, shallow
deciding what you want to do for a living is no trifling matter
trite
Lacking freshness and originality, lacking effectiveness due to overuse, cliché
truculent
Fierce, cruel, savage; belligerent
But a growing and increasingly truculent segment of Iran’s population doubts the standoff is worth it.
tumultuous
Riotous, violently agitated, marked by disturbance or uproar; noisy, chaotic
Investors are finding comfort in Apple’s stable earnings growth and strong balance sheet, even in these tumultuous times.
turgid
Swollen, inflated; or, metaphorically “inflated,” such as in overblown, pompous speech
The man who would become known as the dean of American banking lawyers—an authority on the most arcane legal precedents and turgid regulatory subsections—started off wanting a literary life and found time to write whimsical poems.
turpitude
Depravity, baseness of character, corrupt or depraved acts (야비함)
War became meaningless and simply barbaric, an occasion for moral compromise and turpitude.
tyro
Beginner
he’s a good musician, but at 14, he’s still a tyro and has a lot to learn
umbrage
Offense or annoyance (usually as take umbrage, meaning become offended or annoyed)
The First World War was not long in the past, and some rabid patriots took umbrage at the idea of a German-speaking filmmaker working in Hollywood.
unconscionable
Not guided by conscience; morally wrong, unjust, unreasonable
… an unconscionable number of errors for an important government report
unequivocal
Unambiguous, clear, absolute; having only one possible meaning
The science is unequivocal that the U.S. needs many more wind and solar farms — along with battery storage systems, electric cars and other clean energy technologies — to kick our fossil fuel habit and avoid climate catastrophe.
unseemly
Improper, inappropriate, against the rules of taste or politeness
He spent unseemly amounts of money on himself.
The coronation ceremony usually takes a year because it’s seen as unseemly, really, to have a coronation ceremony straight after someone’s death.
unsparing
Generous, lavish (as in not sparing any help or gifts to others); unmerciful, harsh (as in not sparing any criticism)
neighbors were unsparing in their charity when a local family was rendered homeless by a fire
unsparing in his criticism of the welfare state
untempered
Not toned down; not moderated, controlled, or counterbalanced
upbraid
Find fault with, criticize or scold severely
Biden and others, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., upbraided the tech giant for essentially profiting off a form of disinformation.
