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Vocabulary Set G7
tantamount-tractable
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| teem | v. To be full to overflowing. | The coral reef is teeming with life and makes a great diving spot. |
| temerity | n. Recklessness. | It is amazing that he had the temerity to write a review critical of his boss. |
| terse | adj. Strained to stiffness. | The teacher was rather verbose in class, but his comments on our papers were quite terse. |
| timorous | adj. Lacking courage. | He was a timorous soul who rarely ventured to voice his opinion in public. |
| tractable | adj. Easily led or controlled. | Many communist governments spend a lot of their effort on making their people more tractable. |
| tantamount | adj. Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import. | He has become such a ruthless dictator that opposing him is tantamount to suicide. |