T's Flashcards
Tacit
understood or implied without being stated.
“your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement”
Similar: implicit, understood
taciturn
(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
“after such gatherings, she would be taciturn and morose”
Similar:
untalkative
uncommunicative
telepathic
supposedly capable of transmitting thoughts to other people and of knowing their thoughts; psychic.
“a team of telepathic superheroes who can read each other’s thoughts”
Similar:
psychic
clairvoyant
tentative
not certain or fixed; provisional.
“a tentative conclusion”
Similar:
provisional
unconfirmed
theocracy
a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
“his ambition is to lead a worldwide theocracy”
titular
relating to title
holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority.
“the queen is the titular head of the Church of England”
Similar:
nominal
travesty
a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.
“the absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice”
Similar:
misrepresentation
distortion
tyro
a beginner or novice.
travail
engage in painful or laborious effort.
“creation may travail in pain but it cannot escape its destiny”
(of a woman) be in labour
