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tonsure--ubiquitous
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tonsure | shaving of head esp.by persons entering religious orders |
| torpor | lethargy,dormancy,sluggishness |
| torrent | flooded,rushing stream |
| torrid | passionate,hot,scorching |
| totter | move unsteadily,sway as if about 2 fall |
| touchstone | stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys |
| tout | publicize,praise excessively |
| tract | pamphlet,a region of indefinite size |
| traduce | expose to slander |
| transcendent | surpassing,exceeding ordinary limits,superior |
| transcribe | copy |
| transgression | violation of law,sin |
| transitory | impermanent,fleeting |
| transmute | change,convert to something different |
| transpire | be revealed,happen |
| transport | strong emotion |
| trappings | outward decorations,ornaments |
| travail | painful labor |
| travesty | comical parody,treatment aimed at aking something ridiciulous |
| treatise | article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly |
| trenchant | cutting,keen |
| trepedation | fear,nervous apprehension |
| tribulation | distress,sufferings |
| tribunal | court of justice |
| tribute | tax levied by a ruler,mark of respect |
| trident | three-pronged spear |
| trifling | trivial,unimportant |
| trilogy | group of three works |
| trinket | knick-knack,bauble |
| trite | hackneyed,commonplace |
| trivia | trifles,unimportant matters |
| troth | pledge of good faith esp.in betrothal |
| trough | container for feeding farm animals,lowest |
| truculence | aggressiveness,ferocity |
| truism | self-evident truth |
| trancate | cut the top off |
| tryst | meeting |
| tumid | swollen,pompous,bombastic |
| tumult | commotion,riot,noise |
| tureen | deep dish for serving soup |
| turgid | swollen,distended |
| turmoil | great commotion or confusion |
| turncoat | traitor |
| turpitude | depravity |
| tutelage | guardianship,training |
| tutelary | protective,pertaining to guardianship |
| tyro | beginner,novice |
| ubiquitous | being everywhere;omnipresent |