| Term | Definition |
|---|
| tonsure | shaving of the head, especially by a person entering religious orders |
| topography | physical features of a region |
| torpor | lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy |
| torque | twisting force; force producing rotation |
| torrent | rushing stream; flood |
| torrid | *passionate*; hot or scorching |
| torso | trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk |
| tortuous | winding; full of curves |
| totter | move unsteadily; sway, as if about to fall |
| touchstone | stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion |
| touchy | sensitive; irascible |
| tout | publicize; praise excessively |
| toxic | poisonous |
| tract | pamphlet; a region of indefinite size |
| tractable | docile; easily managed |
| traduce | expose to slander |
| traitor | person guilty of betrayal, one who acts disloyally |
| trajectory | path taken by a projectile |
| tranquility | calmness; peace |
| transcendent | surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior |
| transcribe | copy |
| transgression | violation of a law; sin |
| transient | momentary; temporary; staying for a short time |
| transition | going from one state of action to another |
| transitory | impermanent; fleeting |
| translucent | partly transparent |
| transmute | change; convert to something different |
| transparent | easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely |
| transpire | be revealed; happen |
| transport | strong emotion |
| trappings | outward decorations; ornaments |
| traumatic | pertaining to an injury caused by violence |
| travail | painful labor |
| traverse | go through or across |
| travesty | comical parody; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous |
| treatise | article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly |
| trek | travel; journey |
| tremor | trembling; slight quiver |
| tremulous | trembling; wavering |
| trenchant | cutting; keen |
| trepidation | fear; nervous apprehension |
| tribulation | distress; suffering |
| tribute | * tax levied by a ruler *; mark of respect |
| trident | three-pronged spear |
| trifling | trivial; unimportant |
| trigger | set off |
| trilogy | group of three works |
| trinket | knickknack; bauble |
| trite | hackneyed; commonplace |
| trivia | trifles; unimportant matters |
| troth | pledge of good faith especially in betrothal |
| trough | * container for feeding farm animals *; lowest point (of a wave, business cycle, etc) |
| truculence | aggressiveness; ferocity |
| truism | self-evident truth |
| truncate | cut the top off |
| tryst | meeting |
| tumid | swollen; (of style etc.) pompous; bombastic |
| tumult | commotion; riot; noise |
| tundra | rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and Arctic North America |
| turbid | muddy; having the sediment disturbed |
| turbulence | state of violent agitation |
| tureen | deep dish for serving soup |
| turgid | swollen; distended |
| turmoil | great commotion and confusion |
| turncoat | traitor |
| turpitude | depravity (<-a depraved condition; corruption; wickedness) |
| tutelage | guardianship; training |
| tutelary | protective; pertaining to a guardianship |
| tycoon | wealthy leader |
| typhoon | tropical hurricane or cyclone |
| tyranny | oppression; cruel government |
| tyro | beginner; novice |
| ubiquitous | being everywhere; omnipresent |
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