Tacit (adj): implied, not spoken but understood
Your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement.
Taciturn ( adj): untalkative by nature
The chairman was so taciturn that we often discovered that
we had absolutely no idea what he was thinking.
Tangential ( adj): only superficially related to the matter
at hand; not especially relevant; peripheral
The vice president’s speech bore only a tangential
relationship to the topic that had been announced.
Tangible ( adj): touchable, palpable
Tantamount ( adj) equivalent to
Waving a banner for the visiting team at a that football
game would be tantamount to committing suicide; the home-team fans would tear
you apart in a minutes.
Tautological (adj) redundant, circular
‘when everyone has a camera, cameras will be universal’ is a
tautological statement, because ‘everyone having a camera’ and ‘cameras being
universal’ means the same thing.
Temerity (n) boldness; recklessness; audacity
Our waiter at the restaurant had the temerity to tell me he
thought my table manners were atrocious
Temperate (adj) mild; moderate, restrained
Tenable (adj) defensible, as in one’s position in an
argument; capable of being argued successfully; valid
Members of the flat Earth society continue to argue that the
earth is flat, although even children dismiss their arguments as untenable
Tenacious (adj): persistent, stubborn, not letting go
The foreign student’s tenacious effort to learn English won
him the admiration of all the teachers at our school
Tenet (n): a shared principle or belief
The tenets of his religion prohibited him from dancing and
going to movies.
Tentative (adj) experimental, temporary, uncertain
Tenuous ( adj) flimsy, extremely thin
The organization’s financial situation has always been
tenuous, the balance of the checking accountingis usually close to zero.
Terse (adj) using no unnecessary words, succinct
The new recording secretary’s minutes were so terse that
they were occasionally cryptic.
Theology (n) the study of God or religion
He was a paradox: he was an atheist, yet he passionately studied
theology.
Tirade (n) prolonged, bitter speech
Preston launched into a tirade against imitation cheese on
the school lunch menu.
Torpor (n) sluggishness; inactivity, apathy
After consuming the guinea pig, the boa constrictor fill
into stat of contented torpor that
lasted several days.
The math teacher tried to reduce the torpor of his students
by banging on his desk
Touchstone (n) a standard, a test of authenticity or quality
The size of student’s vocabulary is a useful touchtone for
judging the quality of his or her education.
Tout (v) to praise highly, to brag publicly about
Presenters touted the chocolate-flavored toothpaste as
getting rid of your sweet tooth while saving your teeth.
Transcend (v) to go beyond or above, to surpass (preeminent)
The man who claimed to have invented a perpetual motion
machine believed that he had transcended the laws of physics.
Transgress (v) to violate, to sin
The other side had transgressed so many provisions of the
treaty that we had no choice but to go to war.
Transient (adj) not staying for a long time, temporary
The transient breeze provided some relief from the summer
heat, but we were soon perspiring again.
Sometimes transient (n) refers to Hoboes, mendicants, and
other homeless people
Trepidation (n) fear, apprehension, nervous trembling
The nursery school students were filled with trepidation
when they saw the other children in their class dressed in their Halloween
costumes
Antonyms: Intrepid
Turpitude ( n) shameful wickedness, depravity
Jhon was sacked by his because of a flagrant act of
turpitude: he was caught.
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