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- transmit v
- To send trough or across
- transmute v
- To change in nature, substance, or form
- transparent adj
- Easy to see through or understand
- transpire v
- To come to pass
- transplant v
- To remove and plant in another place
- transposition n
- The act of reversing the order or changing the place of
- transverse adj
- Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction
- travail n
- Hard or agonizing labor
- travesty n
- A grotesque imitation
- treacherous adj
- Perfidious
- treachery n
- Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith
- treasonable adj
- Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance
- treatise n
- An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts
- treble adj
- Multiplied by three
- trebly adv
- Triply
- tremendous adj
- Awe-inspiring
- tremor n
- An involuntary trembling or shivering
- tremulous adj
- Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness
- trenchant adj
- Cutting deeply and quickly
- trepidation n
- Nervous uncertainty of feeling
- trestle n
- An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge
- triad n
- A group of three persons of things
- tribune n
- Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper
- trickery n
- Artifice
- tricolor adj
- Of three colors
- tricycle n
- A three-wheeled vehicle
- trident n
- The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune
- triennial adj
- Taking place every third year
- trimness n
- Neatness
- trinity n
- A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance
- trio n
- Three things grouped or associated together
- triple adj
- Threefold
- triplicate adj
- Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts
- triplicity n
- The state of being triple or threefold
- tripod n
- A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument
- trisect v
- To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts
- trite adj
- Made commonplace by frequent repetition
- triumvir n
- One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority
- trivial adj
- Of little importance or value
- troublesome adj
- Burdensome
- truculence n
- Ferocity
- truculent adj
- Having the character or the spirit of a savage
- truism n
- A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof
- truthful adj
- Veracious
- turgid adj
- Swollen
- turpitude n
- Depravity
- tutelage n
- The act of training or the state of being under instruction
- tutelar adj
- Protective
- tutorship n
- The office of a guardian
- twinge n
- A darting momentary local pain
- typical adj
- Characteristic
- typify v
- To serve as a characteristic example of
- typographical adj
- Pertaining to typography or printing
- typography n
- The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter
- tyrannical adj
- Despotic
- tyranny n
- Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated
- tyro n
- One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession
- ubiquitous adj
- Being present everywhere
- ulterior adj
- Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of
- ultimate adj
- Beyond which there is nothing else
- ultimatum n
- A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions
- ultramundane adj
- Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life
- ultramontane adj
- Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side)
- umbrage n
- A sense of injury
- unaccountable adj
- Inexplicable
- unaffected adj
- Sincere
- unanimous adj
- Sharing the same views or sentiments
- unanimity n
- The state or quality of being of one mind
- unavoidable adj
- Inevitable
- unbearable adj
- Unendurable
- unbecoming adj
- Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings
- unbelief n
- Doubt
- unbiased adj
- Impartial, as judgment
- unbridled adj
- Being without restraint
- uncommon adj
- Rare
- unconscionable adj
- Ridiculously or unjustly excessive
- unconscious adj
- Not cognizant of objects, actions, etc
- unction n
- The art of anointing as with oil
- unctuous adj
- Oily
- undeceive v
- To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs
- undercharge v
- To make an inadequate charge for
- underexposed adj
- Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography
- undergarment n
- A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments
- underman v
- To equip with less than the full complement of men
- undersell v
- To sell at a lower price than
- undersized adj
- Of less than the customary size
- underhanded adj
- Clandestinely carried on
- underlie v
- To be the ground or support of
- underling n
- A subordinate
- undermine v
- To subvert in an underhand way
- underrate v
- To undervalue
- understate v
- To fail to put strongly enough, as a case
- undervalue v
- To underestimate
- underworld n
- Hades
- underwrite v. To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance.
- undue adj
- More than sufficient
- undulate v
- To move like a wave or in waves
- undulous adj
- Resembling waves
- unfavorable adj
- Adverse
- ungainly adj
- Clumsy
- unguent n
- Any ointment or lubricant for local application
- unicellular adj
- Consisting of a single cell
- univalence n
- Monovalency
- unify v
- To cause to be one
- unique adj
- Being the only one of its kind
- unison n
- A condition of perfect agreement and accord
- unisonant adj
- Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord
- Unitarian adj
- Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity
- unlawful adj
- Illegal
- unlimited adj
- Unconstrained
- unnatural adj
- Artificial
- unnecessary adj
- Not essential under the circumstances
- unsettle v
- To put into confusion
- unsophisticated adj
- Showing inexperience
- unspeakable adj
- Abominable
- untimely adj
- Unseasonable
- untoward adj
- Causing annoyance or hindrance
- unutterable adj
- Inexpressible
- unwieldy adj
- Moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size or awkward shape
- unwise adj
- Foolish
- unyoke v
- To separate
- up-keep n
- Maintenance
- upbraid v
- To reproach as deserving blame
- upcast n
- A throwing upward
- upheaval n
- Overthrow or violent disturbance of established order or condition
- upheave v
- To raise or lift with effort
- uppermost adj
- First in order of precedence
- uproarious adj
- Noisy
- uproot v
- To eradicate
- upturn v
- To throw into confusion
- urban adj
- Of, or pertaining to, or like a city
- urbanity n
- Refined or elegant courtesy
- urchin n
- A roguish, mischievous boy
- urgency n
- The pressure of necessity
- usage n
- Treatment
- usurious adj
- Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned
- usurp v
- To take possession of by force
- usury n
- The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law
- utilitarianism n
- The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency
- utility n
- Fitness for some desirable practical purpose
- utmost n
- The greatest possible extent
- vacate v
- To leave
- vaccinate v
- To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox
- vacillate v
- To waver
- vacuous adj
- Empty
- vacuum n
- A space entirely devoid of matter
- vagabond n
- A wanderer
- vagrant n
- An idle wanderer
- vainglory n
- Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity
- vale n
- Level or low land between hills
- valediction n
- A bidding farewell
- valedictorian n
- Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution
- valedictory n
- A parting address
- valid adj
- Founded on truth
- valorous adj
- Courageous
- vapid adj
- Having lost sparkling quality and flavor
- vaporizer n
- An atomizer
- variable adj
- Having a tendency to change
- variance n
- Change
- variant n
- A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance
- variation n
- Modification
- variegate v
- To mark with different shades or colors
- vassal n
- A slave or bondman
- vaudeville n
- A variety show
- vegetal adj
- Of or pertaining to plants
- vegetarian n
- One who believes in the theory that man's food should be exclusively vegetable
- vegetate v
- To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties
- vegetation n
- Plant-life in the aggregate
- vegetative adj
- Pertaining to the process of plant-life
- vehement adj
- Very eager or urgent
- velocity n
- Rapid motion
- velvety adj
- Marked by lightness and softness
- venal adj
- Mercenary, corrupt
- vendible adj
- Marketable
- vendition n
- The act of selling
- vendor n
- A seller
- veneer n
- Outside show or elegance
- venerable adj
- Meriting or commanding high esteem
- venerate v
- To cherish reverentially
- venereal adj
- Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse
- venial adj
- That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin
- venison n
- The flesh of deer
- venom n
- The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete
- venous adj
- Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins
- veracious adj
- Habitually disposed to speak the truth
- veracity n
- Truthfulness
- verbatim adv
- Word for word
- verbiage n
- Use of many words without necessity
- verbose adj
- Wordy
- verdant adj
- Green with vegetation
- verification n
- The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate
- verify v
- To prove to be true, exact, or accurate
- verily adv
- In truth
- verity n
- Truth
- vermin n
- A noxious or troublesome animal
- vernacular n
- The language of one's country
- vernal adj
- Belonging to or suggestive of the spring
- versatile adj
- Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects
- version n
- A description or report of something as modified by one's character or opinion
- vertex n
- Apex
- vertical adj
- Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon
- vertigo n
- Dizziness
- vestige n
- A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone
- vestment n
- Clothing or covering
- veto n
- The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment
- vicarious adj
- Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another
- viceroy n
- A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province
- vicissitude n
- A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune
- vie v
- To contend
- vigilance n
- Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger
- vigilant adj
- Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety
- vignette n
- A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually
- vincible adj
- Conquerable
- vindicate v
- To prove true, right, or real
- vindicatory adj
- Punitive
- vindicative adj
- Revengeful
- vinery n
- A greenhouse for grapes
- viol n
- A stringed instrument of the violin class
- viola n
- A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin
- violator n
- One who transgresses
- violation n
- Infringement
- violoncello n
- A stringed instrument held between the player's knees
- virago n
- A bold, impudent, turbulent woman
- virile adj
- Masculine
- virtu n
- Rare, curious, or beautiful quality
- virtual adj
- Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance
- virtuoso n
- A master in the technique of some particular fine art
- virulence n
- Extreme poisonousness
- virulent adj
- Exceedingly noxious or deleterious
- visage n
- The face, countenance, or look of a person
- viscount n
- In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage
- vista n
- A view or prospect
- visual adj
- Perceptible by sight
- visualize v
- To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation
- vitality n
- The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance
- vitalize v
- To endow with life or energy
- vitiate v
- To contaminate
- vituperable adj
- Deserving of censure
- vivacity n
- Liveliness
- vivify v
- To endue with life
- vivisection n
- The dissection of a living animal
- vocable n
- a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound
- vocative adj
- Of or pertaining to the act of calling
- vociferance n
- The quality of making a clamor
- vociferate v
- To utter with a loud and vehement voice
- vociferous adj
- Making a loud outcry
- vogue n
- The prevalent way or fashion
- volant adj
- Flying or able to fly
- volatile adj
- Changeable
- volition n
- An act or exercise of will