T Flashcards
Tawdry
Cheap, tasteless
Tantamount
Equal to.
Eating chicken is tantamount to murder
Temerity
Fearless daringness (sometimes foolhardy)
Temporize
To stall, like wasting time in class so no pop quiz will come
Tenet
Major belief or fundamental claim.
“Eat” is the tenet of hedonism
Tenure
Period of time you hold a position
Terse
Brief and to the point
Tessalated
Use tessellated, an adjective, to describe a mosaic pattern formed from small tiles, blocks, or stones pieced together:
Throes
Pangs of despair
In the throes of ___
Tirade
Speech of anger
Topography
Study of lands surface
Torpid
Slow sluggish barely even moving
Torrid
Hot, both literal an figurative
Tout
Brag about
Traduce
Speak badly about someone
Transient
Transitory
Always changing, short lasting
Transpire
To happen
Travail
N
Hardship
Travesty
Cheap mockery, farce
Tremulous
Shaky or wavering
Like a voice
Trenchant
Insightful
Describe person or observation
Tribunal
An assembly like a court
Troglodyte
Recluse
Hermit
Truculent
Fractious
Looking for a fight
Hard to please