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T-Z GRE Vocabulary
"T" "U" "V" "W" & "Z" Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tacit | implied; not explicitly stated |
| taciturn | uncommunicative; silent |
| tenacious | adhering to or persisting in something valued |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak |
| terse | brief and concise in wording |
| tirade | a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation |
| timorous | timid; fearful |
| toady | sycophant; flatterer |
| tortuous | winding; twisting; excessively complicated |
| tout | to publicly praise or promote |
| transient | fleeting; passing quickly; brief |
| trenchant | sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating |
| truculent | fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
| truncate | to cut off abruptly |
| tyro | novice; greenhorn; rank amateur |
| unfeigned | genuine; not false or hypocritical |
| untenable | indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
| untrammeled | not hampered or impeded |
| urbane | sophisticated; refined; elegant |
| vacillate | to move indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another |
| vagary | unpredictable action |
| variegated | multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color |
| venal | capable of being bought or bribed |
| venerate | to revere; to worship |
| verisimilitude | appearance of truth or reality |
| vexation | annoyance; irritation |
| vigilant | alertly watchful |
| viscous | thick; sticky |
| vituperate | to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse severely |
| volatile | readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle |
| voracious | having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit |
| waft | to cause to move as if by a light breeze |
| waver | to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
| wend | to go; to proceed |
| zealous | fervent; ardent; impassioned |