SAT Reading Book 3 2701-2800
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 tension | n the act of stretching or straining; mental or emotional strain; intense, suppressed suspense, anxiety, or excitement |
| tenuous | Adj lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak |
| tenured | Adj having a status granted to an employee, usually after a probationary period, indicating that the position or employment is permanent |
| tepid | Adj characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm |
| terminal | Adj end or extremity |
| terrace | n an open, often paved area connected to a house or an apartment house and serving as an outdoor living area; deck |
| terrain | n the physical features of a tract of land |
| testimonial | n something given or done as an expression of esteem, admiration, or gratitude |
| testimony | n evidence in support of a fact or statement; proof |
| testiness | n irritably impatient; touchy |
| thaw | v to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt |
| theatricality | n dramatic performances, now especially as given by amateurs |
| thematic | Adj of or pertaining to a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition |
| theorem | n a rule or law, especially one expressed by an equation or formula |
| therapeutic | Adj providing or assisting in a cure; curative, medicinal |
| thereby | Adv by that; by means of that |
| thorough | Adj complete; perfect |
| thoroughgoing | Adj complete |
| thought-provoking | Adj causing thought or similar procesess |
| thunderous | Adj booming; deafening; roaring |
| tidiness | n known for neat, orderly, or trim, as in appearance or dress |
| timber | n growing trees or their wood |
| timbre | n the quality given to a sound by its overtones |
| timely | Adj occurring at a suitable time |
| timeworn | Adj showing the effects of age |
| tinge | v to color with a slight shade or stain |
| tinted | Adj possessing a color or a variety of a color; hue |
| titular | Adj existing or being such in title only |
| toady | n an servile or submissive flatterer; sycophant |
| toddler | n a young child learning to walk |
| toffee | n a sweet made from sugar or treacle boiled with butter, nuts, etc |
| toil over | v to engage in hard and continuous work; labor arduously |
| tolerable | Adj fairly good; not bad |
| toll | n the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc, resulting from some action or calamity |
| tone-deaf | Adj unable to distinguish differences in pitch in musical sounds when producing or hearing them |
| torpor | n sluggish inactivity or inertia |
| torrid | Adj parched with heat especially of the sun |
| tout | v to describe or advertise boastfully; publicize or promote; praise extravagantly |
| toxic | Adj of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a poison; poisonous |
| toxic waste | n poisonous waste material |
| trace | n a barely discernible indication or evidence of some quantity, quality, characteristic, expression, etc |
| tractable | Adj easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding |
| trajectory | n the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight |
| tramp | n a person who travels on foot from place to place, especially a vagabond living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food |
| tranquility | n calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity |
| transact | v to carry on or conduct |
| transcend | v to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed |
| transcribe | v to make a written copy |
| transgress | v to violate a law, command, moral code, etc; offend; sin |
| transient | Adj not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory |
| transition | n movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc, to another; change |
| transitory | Adj not lasting, enduring, permanent, or eternal |
| transparent | Adj having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen |
| trappings | n the accessories and adornments that characterize or symbolize a condition, office, etc |
| treachery | n violation of faith; betrayal of trust; treason |
| treacly | Adj being of unrestrained sentimentality |
| treatise | n a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay |
| tremendous | Adj extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity |
| tremulous | Adj shaking, or quivering |
| trenchant | Adj incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting |
| trend | n the general course or prevailing inclination |
| trial and error | Adj experimentation in which various methods or means are tried and faulty ones eliminated in order to find the correct solution or to achieve the desired result or effect |
| tribal | Adj of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a local division of an aboriginal people |
| tribulation | n grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering |
| tribute | n something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved; especially: a gift or service showing respect, gratitude, or affection |
| trite | Adj lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale |
| triumph | n exultation resulting from victory; joy over success |
| triviality | n something of very little importance or value; an insignificant matter, affair, remark, etc |
| trivialize | v to make insignificant or of very litte importance |
| troupe | n a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about |
| trove | n a collection of objects |
| truculence | n the quality or state of being cruel or fierce |
| true-blue | Adj unwaveringly loyal or faithful; staunch; unchangingly true |
| truism | n a self-evident, obvious truth |
| trumpet | n any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone |
| trustee | n a natural or legal person to whom property is legally committed to be administered for the benefit of a beneficiary |
| tryst | n an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| tuber | n a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, of a subterranean stem or shoot |
| tug | n a boat with a powerful engine, used for towing barges, ships, etc |
| tumultuous | Adj marked by disturbance and uproar |
| turbulent | Adj being in a state of agitation; disturbed |
| turning one's back | n the act of refusing to acknowledge or accept |
| typical | Adj of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen |
| tyranny | n arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority |
| ubiquity | n presence everywhere or in many places especially simultaneously |
| UFO | n any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin |
| umber | n the color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown |
| unabashed | Adj not embarrassed or ashamed |
| unaccountable | Adj not subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable |
| unalloyed | Adj not mixed or intermingled with any other thing; pure |
| unanimously | Adv being of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed |
| unbeknownst | Adj happening or existing without the knowledge of someone specified |
| unbidden | Adj not asked for |
| uncanny | Adj having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary |
| uncluttered | Adj not having too many objects, details, etc |
| uncouth | Adj awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly |
| undaunted | Adj undismayed; not discouraged; not forced to abandon purpose or effort |
| undercurrent | n a tendency underlying or at variance with the obvious or superficial significance of words, actions, etc |
| undercut | v to undermine or destroy the force, value, or effectiveness |
| underline | v to indicate the importance of; emphasize, as by stressing or italicizing |
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