Violette TUV words
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Created by:
ahorseperson on June 16, 2010
Subjects:
honors english 10, english vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 tacit | unspoken, silent; implied, inferred |
| tawdry | gaudy and cheap |
| tautology | useless repetition |
| temerity | rashness, boldness |
| temper | to moderate; soften |
| tenebrous | dark and gloomy |
| tenet | an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true |
| termagant | shrew; scolding, brawling woman |
| terse | brief and to the point; concise |
| trenchant | clearly or sharply defined to the mind |
| turgid | swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language |
| turpitude | inherent vileness, foulness, depravity |
| ubiquitous | being everywhere; omnipresent |
| unctuous | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech |
| unequivocal | leaving no room for misunderstanding; unambiguous |
| untenable | not capable of being held or defended; impossible to maintain |
| usurp | to seize and hold a position by force or without right |
| vacuous | empty, especially of meaning or purpose |
| vicissitude | change of fortune |
| visceral | instinctive or emotional rather than intellectual |
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