Kaplan - T
Terms
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- tableau
- vivid description, striking incident or scene
- tacit
- silently understood or implied
- taciturn
- uncommunicative, not inclined to speak much
- talisman
- something producing a magical effect
- tandem
- acting as a group or in a partnership
- tawdry
- gaudy, cheap, showy
- taxonomy
- science of classification
- technocrat
- strong believer in technology; techinical expert
- temerity
- recklessness
- temperance
- restraint, self-control, moderation
- tempered
- moderated, restrained
- tenacious
- stubborn, holding firm
- tendentious
- biased
- tensile
- capable of withstanding physical stress
- tenuous
- weak, insubstantial
- thrall
- a person in servitude, enslaved
- threnody
- a sad poem or song
- timorous
- timid, shy, full of apprehension
- toady
- flatterer, hanger-on, yes-man
- tome
- book, usually large and academic
- topography
- art of making maps or charts
- torpid
- lethargic; unable to move; dormant
- torrid
- burning hot; passionate
- tractable
- obedient, yielding
- trammel (v)
- to impede or hamper
- transfiguration
- a change; an exalting change
- transmute
- to change in appearance or shape
- travesty
- parody, exaggerated imitation, caricature
- trenchant
- acute, sharp, incisive; forceful, effective
- trite
- shallow, superficial
- truculent
- savage and cruel; fierce; ready to fight
- tryst
- agreement between lovers to meet; rendezvous
- turbid
- muddled; unclear
- turgid
- swollen, bloated
- turpitude
- inherent vileness, foulness, depravity
- tyro
- beginner, novice