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Word List 47
Word List 47 Tonsure - Ubiquitous
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tonsure | n. shaving of the head, especially by person entering religious orders |
| Topography | n. physical features of a region |
| Torpor | n. lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy |
| Torque | n. twisting force; force producing rotation |
| Torrent | n. rushing stream; flood |
| Torrid | adj. passionate; hot or scorching |
| Torso | n. trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk |
| Tortuous | adj. winding; full of curve |
| Totter | v. move unsteadily; sway, as if about to fall |
| Touchstone | n. stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion |
| Touchy | adj. sensitive; irascible |
| Tout | v. publicize; praise excessively |
| Toxic | adj. poisonous |
| Tractable | adj. docile; easily managed |
| Traduce | v. expose to slander |
| Trajectory | n. path taken by a projectile |
| Tranquility | n. calmness; peace |
| Transcendent | adj. surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior |
| Transcribe | v. copy |
| Transfigure | v. transform outwardly, usually for the better; change in form or aspect |
| Transgression | n. violation of law; sin |
| Transient | adj. momentary; temporary; staying for a short time |
| Transition | n. going from one state of action to another |
| Transitory | adj. impermanent; fleeting |
| Translucent | adj. partly transparent |
| Transmute | v. change; convert to something different |
| Transpire | v. be revealed; happen |
| Transport | n. strong emotion |
| Trappings | n. outward decorations; ornaments |
| Traumatic | adj. pertaining to an injury caused by violence |
| Travail | n. painful physical or mental labor; drudgery; torment |
| Traverse | v. go through or across |
| Travesty | n. harshly distorted imitation; parody; debased likeness |
| Treatise | n. article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly |
| Trek | n. travel; journey |
| Tremor | n. trembling; slight quiver |
| Tremulous | adj. trembling; wavering |
| Trenchant | adj. forceful and vigorous; cutting |
| Trepidation | n. fear; nervous apprehension |
| Tribulation | n. distress; suffering |
| Tribunal | n. court of justice |
| Tribute | n. tax levied by a ruler; mark of respect |
| Trident | n. three-pronged spear |
| Trifling | adj. trivial; unimportant |
| Trigger | v. set off |
| Trilogy | n. group of three works |
| Trinket | n. knickknack; bauble |
| Trite | n. hackneyed; commonplace |
| Trivia | n. trifles; unimportant matters |
| Troth | n. pledge of good faith especially in betrothal |
| Trough | n. container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave, business cycle, etc.) |
| Truculence | n. aggressiveness; ferocity |
| Truism | n. self-evident truth |
| Truncate | v. cut the top off |
| Tryst | n. meeting |
| Tumid | adj. swollen; pompous; bombastic |
| Tumult | n. commotion; riot; noise |
| Tundra | n. rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America |
| Turbid | adj. muddy; having the sediment disturbed |
| Turbulence | n. state of violent agitation |
| Tureen | n. deep dish for serving soup |
| Turgid | adj. swollen; distended |
| Turmoil | n. great commotion and confusion |
| Turncoat | n. traitor |
| Turpitude | n. depravity |
| Tutelage | n. guardianship; training |
| Tutelary | adj. protective; pertaining to a guardianship |
| Tycoon | n. wealthy leader |
| Typhoon | n. tropical hurricane |
| Tyranny | n. oppression; cruel government |
| Tyro | n. beginner; novice |
| Ubiquitous | adj. being everywhere; omnipresent |
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