Vocab: T Flashcards
Talisman
Charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune
Tacit
Silently understood; implied
Tangential
Peripheral; digressing
Tautology
Unnecessary repetition
Taxonomy
Science of classification; in biology, the process of classifying organisms in categories
Tenet
Belief; doctrine
Tenuous
Weak; insubstantial
Terrestrial
Earthly, commonplace
Theocracy
Government by priests representing a god
Thespian
An actor or actress
Timbre
The characteristic quality of sound produced by a particular instrument or voice; tone color
Tirade
Long, violent speech; verbal assault
Toady
Flatterer; hanger-on; yes-man
Tome
Book, usually large and academic
Torpor
Lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness
Torque
A turning or twisting force; the moment of a force; the measure of a force’s tendency to produce twisting or turning and rotation around an axis
Tortuous
Having many twists and turns; highly complex
Tout
To promote or praise energetically
Tractable
Obedient; yielding
Transgression
Act of trespassing or violating a law or rule
Transient
Temporary; short lived; fleeting
Translucent
Partially transparent
Travail
Work, especially arduous work; tribulation; anguish
Travesty
Parody; exaggerated limitation; caricature
Treatise
Article treating a subject systemically and throughly
Tremulous
Trembling; quivering; frugal; timid
Trepidation
Fear and anxiety
Truculence
Aggressiveness; ferocity
Tryst
Agreement between lovers to meet; rendezvous
Tumid
Swollen; distended
Turbid
Muddy; opaque; in a state of great confusion
Turgid
Swollen; bloated; pompous
Tutelary
Serving as a guardian or protector
