GRE List 34
Terms
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- tawdry
- chaep and gaudy in appearance
- taxing
- onerous, burdensome, wearing
- teetotalism
- practice of abstinence from alcoholic drinks
- temerity
- boldness, rashness
- temperate
- moderation, conservative
- temporize
-
draw out discussion so as to gain time
You'd have to temporize until you fing out how she wants to be advised - tenable
- can be defended, reasonable
- tendentious
- biased, colored, jaundiced, partial
- tender
- offer formally
- tenuous
- very weak or slight, slender or fine
- tepid
- lukewarm, halfhearted, unenthusiastic
- testator
- person who dies leaving a will or testament in force
- tether
- fasten , tie (an animal) with rope or chain to restrict movement
- theocracy
- system of government in which priest rule in name of God
- theology
- study of religious faith
- threadbare
- thin and tattered with age, worn out
- throng
- crowd in great numbers
- ticklish
- sensitive
- tightfisted
- stingy, parsimonious, penurious
- timeworn
- hackneyed, aged
- toil
-
work extremely hard, or struggle
she toiled all night long, she began to toil up the cliff path - tonsorial
- relating to hairdressing
- torpid
- lacking energy or vigor, apathetic
- torpor
- lethargy, dormancy
- torque
- force that produces rotation or torsion
- torrential
- strong and fast-moving stream, overwhelming outpouring (torrent of abuse
- torrid
- scalding, scorching, sizzling
- tourniquet
- device to check bleeding or blood flow
- tout
-
praise loudly or extravagantly
It was touted as the worlds most modern shopping center - tractible
- obedient, amenable, pliant
- transcend
- surpass, rise above or go beyond the limits of
- transgress
- go beyond limits set by ; violate, breach, infringe, offend
- travesty
- absurd or grotesque misrepresentation
- trenchant
- vigorous style, sharp perception
- trepidation
- fear
- trove
- store of valuable or delightful things
- truant
- shirking responsibility