| Question |
Answer |
| swelter |
(of a person) suffer from oppressive heat; be oppressed by heat |
| swerve |
deviate; turn aside sharply from a straight course; Ex. swerve from the principle; Ex. The car swerved to the right. |
| swill |
drink greedily |
| swindler |
cheater |
| swipe |
hit with a sweeping motion; N. |
| sybarite |
lover of luxury; person devoted to pleasure and luxury; CF. Sybaris: an ancient Greek city in Italy |
| sycophant |
servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man; ADJ. sycophantic |
| syllogism |
logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument |
| sylvan |
pertaining to the woods or the country |
| symbiosis |
interdependent relationship (between groups, species) often mutually beneficial; ADJ. symbiotic; CF. together + life |
| symmetry |
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity; ADJ. symmetrical |
| synchronous |
similarly timed; simultaneous with; occurring at the same time; V. synchronize |
| synoptic |
providing a general overview; summary; N. synopsis |
| synthesis |
combining parts or separate things into a whole; the whole so formed; PL. syntheses; V. synthesize |
| synthetic |
not natural; artificial; resulting from synthesis; Ex. synthetic fiber; N. |
| tablet |
small round piece of medicine; flat piece of stone or metal bearing an inscription; Ex. stone tablet on the wall |
| tacit |
understood (without actually being expressed); not put into words; Ex. tacit agreement |
| taciturn |
habitually silent; talking little |
| tact |
skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence |
| tactful |
careful no to cause offence; OP. tactless |
| tactile |
pertaining to the organs or sense of touch |
| taint |
contaminate; cause to lose purity; modify with a trace of something bad; Ex. tainted reputation; N: stain; touch of decay or bad influence; CF. touch |
| takeoff |
burlesque; act of leaving the ground |
| talisman |
charm; object believed to give supernatural powers to or protect its bearer |
| talon |
claw of bird |
| tan |
convert (hide) into leather; make brown by exposure to the sun |
| tangential |
only slightly connected; not central; peripheral; digressing; showing divergence; CF. tangent |
| tangible |
able to be touched; real; concrete; palpable; possible to realize or understand; Ex. tangible proof |
| tanner |
person who turns animal hides into leather |
| tantalize |
tease; excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach; torture with disappointment; CF. Tantalus: Greek mythological figure |
| tantamount |
equivalent in effect or value; Ex. This invasion is tantamount to a declaration of war; CF. amount |
| tantrum |
fit of bad temper; fit of petulance; caprice; Ex. The child went into tantrums. |
| taper |
very thin candle; gradual decrease in the width of a long object; V. make or become gradually narrower toward one end |
| tarantula |
venomous spider |
| tardy |
slow; sluggish; not on time; late; Ex. tardy arrival |
| tarnish |
make or become dull or discolored; N. |
| tarry |
linger; delay in starting or going; dawdle |
| tart |
sharp to the taste; acid-tasting; caustic; sarcastic; Ex. tart apple/reply |
| tatter |
torn piece of cloth; ADJ. tattered: (of clothes) old and torn; (of a person) dressed in old torn clothes |
| taunt |
deride or provoke; challenge in derision; N. |
| taut |
tight; strained; tense; ready; OP. slack |
| tautological |
needlessly repetitious; Ex. ``It was visible to the eye''; N. tautology: needless repetition of the same sense; statement that is always true |
| tawdry |
cheap and gaudy; Ex. tawdry jewelry |
| tawny |
brownish yellow |
| taxonomist |
specialist in classifying (animals, etc.); CF. taxonomy: science of classification |
| tedium |
boredom; weariness; ADJ. tedious |
| teetotalism |
practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks; N. teetotaler;; ADJ. teetotal; CF. T + total |
| temerity |
boldness; nerve; rashness; Ex. temerity to ask for a pay increase after only three day's work |
| temper |
moderate; make less severe; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel) as by alternate heating and cooling |
| temperament |
characteristic frame of mind; disposition; emotional excess; ADJ. temperamental: of temperament; having frequent changes of temper; Ex. temperamental dislike of sports; Ex. temperamental actress |
| temperate |
moderate; restrained; self-controlled; moderate in respect to temperature; CF. temperance: moderation and self-restraint; abstinence of alcoholic drinks; Ex. temperance society |
| tempestuous |
stormy; violent; impassioned; N. tempest: violent storm |
| tempo |
speed of music |
| temporal |
of time; not lasting forever; limited by time; temporary; secular; worldly |
| temporize |
gain time as by postponing an action; avoid committing oneself |
| tenacious |
holding fast (as to a belief); persistent |
| tenacity |
firmness; persistence |
| tenancy |
possession of land or building by rent; period of a tenant's occupancy |
| tenant |
one that pays rent to use property owned by another |
| tend |
have a tendency; take care of; minister; serve at; apply one's attention; attend |
| tendentious |
promoting a particular point of view; biased; having an aim; designed to further a cause; Ex. tendentious rather than truth-seeking; CF. tend: move in a certain direction |
| tender |
offer formally; extend; Ex. tender one's resignation/the exact fare; N: formal offer; money; Ex. legal tender; ADJ: young and vulnerable; sensitive to the touch; sore; soft; delicate; Ex. child of tender years; Ex. tender wound |
| tenet |
doctrine; dogma |
| tensile |
capable of being stretched; of tension; Ex. tensile rubber |
| tension |
stretching; condition of being stretched; mental strain; strained relationship between groups or people |
| tentative |
not fully worked out or developed; provisional; experimental; uncertain; hesitant; not definite or positive; Ex. tentative agreement/reply |
| tenuous |
thin; slim; rare |
| tenure |
holding of an office or real estate; time during which such an office is held |
| tepid |
lukewarm; slightly warm; half-hearted; not eager; Ex. tepid reaction to the new film; Ex. tepid supporter |
| terminal |
part that forms the end; railroad or bus station; ADJ. forming an end; ending in death; fatal; Ex. terminal cancer |
| termination |
end; V. terminate |
| terminology |
terms used in a science or art; study of nomenclature |
| terminus |
last stop of railroad; end |
| terrestrial |
on or relating to the earth |
| terse |
concise; abrupt; pithy |
| tertiary |
third in order or rank |
| tessellated |
mosaic; inlaid; Ex. tessellated pattern |
| testator |
maker of a will; CF. testatrix |
| testy |
irritable; impatient and bad-tempered; short-tempered; N. testiness |
| tether |
tie (an animal) with a rope or tether; N: rope or chain to which an animal is tied; limit of one's endurance; Ex. the end of one's tether |
| thematic |
of a theme; relating to a unifying motif or idea |
| theocracy |
government run by religious leaders |
| theoretical |
based on theory; not practical or applied; hypothetical |
| therapeutic |
curative; N. therapy |
| thermal |
pertaining to heat; producing heat; warm; Ex. thermal bath; N: rising current of warm air |
| thesis |
opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments |
| thespian |
pertaining to drama; N: actor or actress |
| thrall |
slave; bondage; slavery; Ex. Her beauty held him in thrall; CF. enthrall |
| thrash |
beat with a whip or flail; defeat utterly; talk about thoroughly in order to find the answer; move wildly or violently; Ex. The fishes thrashed about in the net. |
| threadbare |
worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses |
| threat |
sign or warning (of coming danger); Ex. threat of rain; V: express a threat; give warning of (something bad); Ex. The cloud threatens rain. |
| thresh |
beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw |
| thrifty |
careful about money; economical; N. thrift |
| thrive |
prosper; flourish |
| throb |
(of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently; N. Ex. hearthrob: heartbeat; sweetheart |
| throes |
violent anguish |
| throng |
crowd (of people or things); V. |
| throttle |
strangle; regulate the speed of with a throttle; N: valve that regulates the flow; CF. throat ? |
| thwart |
block or hinder; baffle; frustrate |
| tickle |
touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter; please |
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