T Vocabulary Flashcards
Tactic
Silently understood, implied
Taciturn
Habitually untalkative
Talisman
Charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune
Tangential
Peripheral, digressing (leaving main point)
Tautology
Unnecessary repetition
Taxonomy
Science of classification
Tenet
Belief
Tenuous
Weak, insubstantial
Theocracy
Government of priests representing a god
Thespian
An actor/actress
Timbre
Characteristic quality of sound produced by particular instrument
Tirade
Long violent speech
Toady
Flatterer, yes-man
Tome
Book, large and academic
Torpor
Lethargy, dormancy, sluggish
Torque
Turning, twisting force
Tortuous
Having many twists and turns, highly complex
Tout
To promote or praise energetically
Tractable
Obedient, yielding
Transgression
Act of trespassing or violating law or rule
Transient
Temporary
Translucent
Partially transparent
Travail
Work, especially difficult work
Travesty
Parody, caricature
Treatise
Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
Tremulous
Trembling, quivering l, frugal, timid
Trepidation
Fear and anxiety
Truculence
Aggressiveness
Tryst
Agreement between lovers to meet, rendezvous
Tumid
Swollen
Turbid
Muddy, opaque, state of confusion
Turgid
Swollen, bloated
Tutelary
Serving as a guardian/protector