Words 4400 - 4600 Flashcards
Syndicate
Noun
An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise.
Syneresis
Noun
A coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e’er for ever.
Synod
Noun
An ecclesiastical council.
Tableau
Noun
An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life.
Tacit
Adjective
Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly
Taciturn
Adjective
Disinclined to conversation.
Tack
Noun
A small, sharp-pointed nail.
Tangency
Noun
The state of touching.
Tangent
Adjective
Touching.
Tannery
Noun
A place where leather is tanned.
Tantalise
Verb
To tease.
Tantamount
Adjective
Having equal or equivalent value, effect or import.
Temerity
Noun
Recklessness.
Temporal
Adjective
Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life
Temporise
Verb
To pursue a policy of delay.
Tenor
Noun
A settled course or manner of progress.
Tercentenary
Adjective
Pertaining to a period of 300 years.
Termagant
Adjective
Violently abusive and quarrelsome.
Testator
Noun
The maker of a will
Theocracy
Noun
A government administered by ecclesiastics.
Timorous
Adjective
Lacking courage.
Tincture
Noun
A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine.
Tirade
Noun
Harangue
Titanic
Adjective
Of vast size or strength.
Torpor
Noun
Apathy.
Tractable
Adjective
Easily led or controlled.
Trammel
Noun
An impediment
Transalpine
Adjective
Situated on the other side of the alps.
Transcendent
Adjective
Surpassing
Trenchant
Adjective
Cutting deeply and quickly.
Trestle
Noun
An open braces framework for supporting the horizontal stringers if a railway bridge
Trimness
Noun
Neatness
Trinity
Noun
A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance.
Trite
Adjective
Made commonplace by frequent repetition.
Triumvir
Noun
One of the three men united coordinately in public office or authority.
Truculence
Noun
Ferocity
Turpitude
Noun
Depravity
Twinge
Noun
A darting momentary local pain
Tyro
Noun
One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession.
Ulterior
Adjective
Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of.
Ultramontane
Adjective
Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (on their Italian side)
Umbrage
Noun
A sense of injury.
Unaffected
Adjective
Sincere
Unconscionable
Adjective
Ridiculously or unjustly excessive.
Unction
Noun
The art of anointing as with oil.
Unctuous
Adjective
Oily.