T-Word List

Question 1

Tacit

Answer 1

(Adj)-understood or implied without being stated.

Question 2

Tarpaulin

Answer 2

(N)-a protective covering of canvas or other material waterproofed with tar, paint, or wax.
a hat, especially a sailor’s, made of or covered with such material.

Question 3

Tendentious

Answer 3

(Adj)-expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one.

Question 4

Tenebrous

Answer 4

(Adj)-dark; shadowy or obscure.

Question 5

Terpsichorean

Answer 5

(Adj)-pertaining to dancing.

Question 6

Tête-à-tête

Answer 6

(N)-a private conversation between two people.

Adj

Question 7

Titrate

Answer 7

(V)-(used with or without object) to ascertain the quantity of a given constituent by adding a liquid reagent of known strength and measuring the volume necessary to convert the constituent to another form.

Question 8

Transistasis

Answer 8

(N)-the power or tendency of living things to keep changing itself according to the transformation of the circumstances.

Question 9

Transitory

Answer 9

(Adj)-not lasting, enduring, permanent, or eternal.

Question 10

Trenchant

Answer 10

(Adj)-vigorous or incisive in expression or style.

Question 11

Triturate

Answer 11

(V)-grind to a fine powder.

Question 12

Truculent

Answer 12

(Adj)-eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

Question 13

Tryst

Answer 13

(N)-an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.

Question 14

Tumescence

Answer 14

(Adj)-swelling; slightly tumid.
exhibiting or affected with many ideas or emotions; teeming.
pompous and pretentious, especially in the use of language; bombastic.

Question 15

Topiary

Answer 15

(N)- The art or practice of clipping shrubs or trees into ornamental shapes.