Talc
Meaning: soft, light-colored mineral used to make talcum powder
Sentence: Talc is also used in lubricants.
Tame
Meaning: (said about animals) gentle and not afraid of people One day, by chance, he found a tame partridge for sale.
Tantalum
Meaning: a chemical element
Sentence: Tantalum is a hard silver-grey metal used in the production of electronic parts.
Taxis
Meaning: restoration of displaced organs or bones by manual pressure alone
Sentence: The patient endured a lot of pain during the taxis.
Technician
Meaning: a person whose job is to look after scientific equipment and do practical work in a laboratory He is a computer technician.
Technique
Meaning: the method of doing something
Sentence: There are hardly any flaws in his technique.
Technology
Meaning: the study of machinery, engineering and how things work
Sentence: Computer technology is making rapid advances.
Temperament
Meaning: a persons nature as shown in the way he or she usually behaves
Sentence: He has a nervous temperament.
Temperamental
Meaning: likely to become excitable or moody suddenly
Sentence: The temperamental opera singer refused to perform.
Tenacious
Meaning: not giving up something easily; determined; persistent
Sentence: The tenacious soldiers fought bravely.
Tenant
Meaning: a person who rents a house, building, or land from a landlord
Sentence: The tenant was late in paying his rent.
Tension
Meaning: the condition of being stretched or strained
Sentence: I suffered from a lot of tension due to my exams.
Terminal
Meaning: a building where air passengers arrive or depart I made my way to the air terminal to receive my guests.
Terminate
Meaning: to end; stop immediately
Sentence: Your contract of employment will terminate in december
Terminology
Meaning: the technical terms of a subject
Sentence: I am not familiar with computer terminology.
Termite
Meaning: a small insect that is very destructive and consumes timber
Terrify
Meaning: to make someone feel extremely frightened
Sentence: She likes to terrify us with scary stories.
Testimony
Meaning: a declaration of truth or fact
Sentence: The witness gave his testimony in court.
Texture
Meaning: the way that the surface of something feels
Sentence: The texture of the cloth was very rough.
Theatre
Meaning: a building where plays are performed to an audience
Sentence: I enjoy visiting the theatre.
Therapy
Meaning: a way of treating a physical or mental illness
Sentence: She needed therapy to recover from her illness.
Thigh
Meaning: the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
Sentence: His pants reach halfway down his thigh.
Thorough
Meaning: done or doing things carefully and in detail
Sentence: The police carried out a thorough investigation.
Thoughtful
Meaning: thinking a lot; considerate
Sentence: He sat in thoughtful silence during the whole ordeal.
Throttle
Meaning: a device that controls the flow of fuel to an engine; an accelerator
Sentence: The captain eased up on the throttle as he approached the runway.
Synonyms: choke
Antonyms:
Thwart
Meaning: prevent from succeeding
Sentence: The police managed to thwart the plot against the king.
Tick
Meaning: a bloodsucking insect
Tiger
Meaning: a large, wild animal of the cat family, with yellow and black stripes
Toad
Meaning: a froglike animal that lives mainly on land
Tobacco
Meaning: the dried leaves of certain plants prepared for smoking in cigarettes and cigars
Sentence: The tobacco in cigarettes is injurious to health.
Tolerable
Meaning: able to be tolerated
Sentence: They moved to the city in search of tolerable living conditions.
Tortoise
Meaning: a slow-moving animal with a shell over its body
Totalitarian
Meaning: using a form of government where people are not allowed to form rival political parties
Sentence: The totalitarian government was unpopular.
Touchstone
Meaning: a test by which the quality of something is judged The touchstone of a schools performance is the success of its students.
Tragedy
Meaning: a very sad or distressing event
Sentence: It was a real tragedy that the hailstorm destroyed all the crops.
Tranquil
Meaning: state of calm and peace
Sentence: The view from the mountains offered tranquillity to her troubled mind.
Transition
Meaning: the process of changing from one condition to another
Sentence: The transition from school to college can be difficult for students
Translucent
Meaning: allowing some light to shine through but not transparent
Sentence: She was wearing a bracelet made of translucent plastic beads.
Transplant
Meaning: to move to another place
Sentence: The gardener was asked to transplant the shrub to a shadier spot.
Trapeze
Meaning: a short bar hanging from two parallel ropes high above the ground
Sentence: The audience gasped when the gymnast on the trapeze almost lost his balance.
Treacherous
Meaning: dangerous or unreliable
Sentence: The treacherous ice on the roads made it difficult for him to drive.
Tremendous
Meaning: Very great in amount, scale, or intensity.
Sentence: A tremendous wave rocked the boat.
Synonyms: amazing, astounding, awesome, colossal, dreadful, enormous, excellent, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, formidable, great, immense, incredible, marvelous, massive, monumental, prodigious, terrible, terrific, vast, wonderful
Antonyms: bad, believable, common, commonplace, conventional, customary, expected, familiar, inferior, insignificant, little, miniature, minute, nice, normal, ordinary, plain, pleasant, poor, powerless, small, teeny, tiny, trivial, unamazing, unimportant, unnoteworthy, usual, weak, wonderful
Trespasser
Meaning: a person who enters someones land unlawfully
Sentence: The trespasser was caught by the police.
Tributary
Meaning: a river or stream that flows into a larger one
Sentence: River Jhelum is a tributary of the River Indus.
Tricycle
Meaning: a vehicle like a bicycle but with three wheels
Sentence: Atif got a tricycle for his fourth birthday.
Trousers
Meaning: a piece of clothing worn over the lower half of the body, with a separate part for each leg
Sentence: He was wearing brown trousers.
Tuberculosis
Meaning: a disease producing lesions on the lungs
Sentence: He is really weak because he had tuberculosis when he was young.
Tuna
Meaning: a large marine fish used for food
Turtle
Meaning: a sea animal that looks like a tortoise
Tweezers
Meaning: small pincers for picking up or pulling small things
Sentence: I used tweezers to remove the thorn from my finger.
Typical
Meaning: having the usual characteristics of a particular sort of person or thing
Sentence: A typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year.
To advantage
Meaning: to give you an advantage; to change a situation in a way that gives you an advantage
Sentence: It would be to your advantage to attend this meeting.
Time and again
Meaning: often; on many or all occasions
Sentence: You will get a perfect result time after time if you follow these instructions.
Teenage
Meaning: between 13 and 19 years old; connected with people of this age
Sentence: a teenage girl/boy
Terminus
Meaning: the last stop or the station at the end of a bus or train route
Sentence: We may also, however, justly assume that death is not life's simple opposite, or its necessary terminus, but rather its completion.
Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, culmination, curtain, denouement, desuetude, determination, discontinuance, ending
Antonyms: beginning, cause, commencement, continuation, defeat, failure, forfeit, frustration, imperfection, inception, initiation, introduction, neglect, opening, origin, source, start, unfulfillment, worthlessness
To Pour Oil On Fire
Meaning: To do or say something to make an argument, problem, or bad situation worse; to further incense an already angry person or group of people. You know mom's upset with you. Don't pour fuel on the fire by coming home late again.
TACIT
Meaning: understood or implied without being stated.
TACITURN
Meaning: (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
TANGENTIAL
Meaning: relating to or along a tangent.
TANGIBLE
Meaning: perceptible by touch.
TANTAMOUNT
Meaning: equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as.
TAUTOLOGICAL
Meaning: true by virtue of its logical form alone
TEMERITY
Meaning: excessive confidence or boldness; audacity.
TEMPERATE
Meaning: relating to or denoting a region or climate characterized by mild temperatures.
TENABLE
Meaning: able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
TENET
Meaning: a principle or belief, especially one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy.
TENTATIVE
Meaning: not certain or fixed; provisional.
TENUOUS
Meaning: very weak or slight.
TERSE
Meaning: sparing in the use of words; abrupt.
THEOLOGY
Meaning: the study of the nature of God and religious belief.
TIRADE
Meaning: a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation.
TORPOR
Meaning: a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.
TOUT
Meaning: attempt to sell (something), typically by a direct or persistent approach.
TRANSCEND
Meaning: be or go beyond the range or limits of (a field of activity or conceptual sphere).
TRANSGRESS
Meaning: go beyond the limits of (what is morally, socially, or legally acceptable).
TRANSIENT
Meaning: lasting only for a short time; impermanent.
TREPIDATION
Meaning: a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.
TURPITUDE
Meaning: depraved or wicked behaviour or character.
Turtle Beach
Meaning: Turtle Beach is a brand of audio products for gaming and entertainment, specifically gaming headsets.
Sentence: The company designs and markets a wide range of gaming headsets for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Turtle Beach was founded in 1975, and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Travesty
Meaning: A false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.
Synonyms: burlesque, distortion, exaggeration, farce, mockery, perversion, satire, sham
Antonyms: seriousness, solemnity
Tmesis
Sentence: The classic example of tmesis is "abso-bloody-lutely".
Synonyms: Word separation, Rhetorical device
