Monthly Archives: December 2011
T – Tribune —- T – Trite
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1. tribune – Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper. 2. trickery – Artifice. 3. tricolor – Of three colors. 4. tricycle – A three-wheeled vehicle. 5. trident – The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune. 6. [...]
Continue reading...T – Travail —- T – Triad
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1. travail – Hard or agonizing labor. 2. travesty – A grotesque imitation. 3. treacherous – Perfidious. 4. treachery – Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith. 5. treasonable – Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance. 6. treatise – An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject [...]
Continue reading...T – Transition —- T – Transverse
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1. transition – Passage from one place, condition, or action to another. 2. transitory – Existing for a short time only. 3. translate – To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect. 4. translator – An interpreter. 5. translucence – The property or state of allowing [...]
Continue reading...T – Transcontinental —- T – Transient
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1. transcontinental – Extending or passing across a continent. 2. transcribe – To write over again (something already written) 3. transcript – A copy made directly from an original. 4. transfer – To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another. 5. transferable – Capable [...]
Continue reading...T – Tortious —- T – Transcendent
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1. tortious – Wrongful. 2. tortuous – Abounding in irregular bends or turns. 3. torturous – Marked by extreme suffering. 4. tractable – Easily led or controlled. 5. trait – A distinguishing feature or quality. 6. trajectory – The path described by a projectile moving under given forces. 7. trammel [...]
Continue reading...T – Tinge —- T – Torrid
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1. tinge – A faint trace of color. 2. tipsy – Befuddled with drinks. 3. tirade – Harangue. 4. tireless – Untiring. 5. tiresome – Wearisome. 6. Titanic – Of vast size or strength. 7. toilsome – Laborious. 8. tolerable – Moderately good. 9. tolerance – Forbearance in judging of [...]
Continue reading...T – Theorist —- T – Tincture
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1. theorist – One given to speculating. 2. theorize – To speculate. 3. thereabout – Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately. 4. therefor – For that or this. 5. thermal – Of or pertaining to heat. 6. thermoelectric – Denoting electricity produced by heat. 7. thermoelectricity – [...]
Continue reading...T – Terminus —- T – Theoretical
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1. terminus – The final point or goal. 2. terrify – To fill with extreme fear. 3. territorial – Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction. 4. terse – Pithy. 5. testament – A will. 6. testator – The maker of a will. 7. testimonial – [...]
Continue reading...T – Tempt —- T – Termination
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1. tempt – To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong. 2. tempter – An allurer or enticer to evil. 3. tenacious – Unyielding. 4. tenant – An occupant. 5. tendency – Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end. 6. tenet – Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine [...]
Continue reading...T – Taxidermy —- T – Temporize
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1. taxidermy – The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them. 2. technic – Technical. 3. technicality – Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like. 4. technique – Manner of performance. 5. technography – The scientific description or study of human arts and [...]
Continue reading...T – Taciturn —- T – Taxation
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1. taciturn – Disinclined to conversation. 2. tack – A small sharp-pointed nail. 3. tact – Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing. 4. tactician – One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness. 5. tactics – Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting [...]
Continue reading...S – Symmetry —- T – Tacit
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1. symmetry – Relative proportion and harmony. 2. sympathetic – Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others. 3. sympathize – To share the sentiments or mental states of another. 4. symphonic – Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds. 5. symphonious – Marked by [...]
Continue reading...S – Susceptibility —- S – Symmetrical
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1. susceptibility – A specific capability of feeling or emotion. 2. susceptible – Easily under a specified power or influence. 3. suspense – Uncertainty. 4. suspension – A hanging from a support. 5. suspicious – Inclined to doubt or mistrust. 6. sustenance – Food. 7. swarthy – Having a dark [...]
Continue reading...S – Supplicate —- S – Surveyor
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1. supplicate – To beg. 2. supposition – Conjecture. 3. suppress – To prevent from being disclosed or punished. 4. suppressible – Capable of being suppressed. 5. suppression – A forcible putting or keeping down. 6. supramundane – Supernatural. 7. surcharge – An additional amount charged. 8. surety – Security [...]
Continue reading...S – Superfluity —- S – Supplicant
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1. superfluity – That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed. 2. superfluous – Being more than is needed. 3. superheat – To heat to excess. 4. superintend – To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement. 5. superintendence – Direction [...]
Continue reading...S – Succumb —- S – Superficial
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1. succumb – To cease to resist. 2. sufferance – Toleration. 3. sufficiency – An ample or adequate supply. 4. suffrage – The right or privilege of voting. 5. suffuse – To cover or fill the surface of. 6. suggestible – That can be suggested. 7. suggestive – Stimulating to [...]
Continue reading...S – Subsistence —- S – Succulent
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1. subsistence – Sustenance. 2. substantive – Solid. 3. subtend – To extend opposite to. 4. subterfuge – Evasion. 5. subterranean – Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth. 6. subtle – Discriminating. 7. subtrahend – That which is to be subtracted. 8. subversion – An overthrow, as [...]
Continue reading...S – Subliminal —- S – Subsist
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1. subliminal – Being beneath the threshold of consciousness. 2. sublingual – Situated beneath the tongue. 3. submarine – Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea. 4. submerge – To place or plunge under water. 5. submergence – The act of submerging. 6. submersible – Capable of [...]
Continue reading...S – Stringency —- S – Subjugate
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1. stringency – Strictness. 2. stringent – Rigid. 3. stripling – A mere youth. 4. studious – Having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge. 5. stultify – To give an appearance of foolishness to. 6. stupendous – Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree. 7. stupor – Profound lethargy. [...]
Continue reading...S – Sterling —- S – Streamlet
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1. sterling – Genuine. 2. stifle – To smother. 3. stigma – A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing. 4. stiletto – A small dagger. 5. stimulant – Anything that rouses to activity or to quickened action. 6. stimulate – [...]
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