Vocabulary English-English With T Part 1
Tableau (noun)
a graphic description or representation
- A small introductory gallery shows 18th- and 19th-century electrostatic apparatus, including a globe machine probably designed by Benjamin Franklin, several leyden jars for storing electric charges, and a twin-plate generator of about 1800 in an active tableau of a parlor game called the electric kiss.
Tackle (verb)
to start work on vigorously
- After getting detailed instructions from their professor, the students went to the library to tackle their research project.
Tactile (adjective)
discernible by touch
- The octopus has two separate areas for storage in its brain: one for visual memories, the other for tactile memories.
Tagger (noun)
one who makes an inscription or drawing made on some public surface such as a rock or wall
- In the graffiti wars in Philadelphia, the city is winning. Taggers are turning their talents to painting murals -- 1,200 to date -- which not only decorate, but revitalize these urban neighborhoods.
Tailored (adjective)
made to individual specifications
- Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, writing for the majority, rejected the arguments made by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush that affirmative action policies should be voided, noting that the U.S. Constitution "does not prohibit the law school's narrowly tailored use of race in admissions."
Tamper (verb)
to interfere so as to weaken or change for the worse--used with “with”
- Jackson and Cleveland pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and agreed to testify.
Tangle (noun)
a complicated situation or problem
- That way we avoid all those political tangles that have nothing to do with degrees of difference between languages.
Tee totaling (adjective)
characterized as having complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks
- "We trust state and local officials," Peters said, suggesting it doesn't make sense to promote pedestrian safety for South Dakota's wide-open spaces or drunken-driving programs in largely tee totaling Utah.
Temperate (adjective)
used to describe a climate that has a range of temperatures within moderate limits
- Situated close to the Pacific Ocean, San Diego has a temperate climate with temperatures ranging from 60 - 75 degrees F.
Tempting (adjective)
causing craving or desire to arise
- It is tempting to think that if language evolved by gradual Darwinian natural selection, we must be able to find some precursor of it in our closest relatives, the chimpanzees.
Tendency (noun)
a way that somebody or something typically behaves or is likely to react or behave
- Some people with mental disorders have a tendency toward self-persecution, self- sabotage, and even violence.
Tender (noun)
something offered, as in money
- Gold and silver were declared as legal tender, and as such were used for all payments.
Tentative (adjective)
likely to have many later changes before it becomes final and complete
- Today, we believe science is testable, explanatory, and tentative.
Terrify (verb)
to make somebody feel very frightened or alarmed
- They represent a terrifying and destructive force that kills more than two out of every five Americans.
Textbook example (noun phrase)
one by which others are compared; a standard of comparison
- Hawaii’s volcanoes have, therefore, become the textbook example of non-explosive volcanism, and the term "Hawaiian type" is used to refer to such eruptions.
Theatrical (adjective)
full of exaggerated or false emotion
- Starting with the Retablo de Maese, Pedro Cervantes, demonstrates a mastery of theatrical illusion which, absent from part one, becomes another narrative function in part two.
Theocracy (noun)
government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
- The Puritan government of Massachusetts in the 1600's and 1700's has been called a theocracy.
Theological (adjective)
of, or relating to the study of God and his relation to the world
- His continued skepticism, however, shaped his subsequent theological studies at Crosier Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania, and at Boston University, where he received a doctorate in systematic theology in 1955.
Theoretical (adjective)
about, involving, or based on a belief used as the basis for action
- The causes of crime can be explained through several theoretical perspectives.
Therapists (adjective)
somebody trained to treat disease, disorders, or injuries, especially somebody who uses methods other than drugs and surgery
- According to therapists who specialize in Multiple Personality Disorder, the host (the victim/survivor's basic personality) is not necessarily aware of the existence of these alters.
Thermal (noun)
a rising body of warm air
- When a hang-glider gets caught in a thermal, his aircraft will spiral upward for hundreds of feet.
Thermonuclear (adjective)
of or relating to the transformations in the nucleus of atoms of low atomic weight as hydrogen that require a very high temperature for their inception as in the hydrogen bomb or in the sun
- Fusion produces the energy of the sun and other stars and the explosive force of thermonuclear weapons.
Thesis (noun)
a proposition advanced as an argument
- The thesis of a reading passage determines the structure, so the structure, once a reader begins to sense it, can lead him to the thesis.
Thievery (noun)
stealing something from a person or place
- In Roman mythology, Mercury is the god of commerce, travel and thievery, the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes, the messenger of the Gods.
Thoroughfare (noun)
a course affording passage from one place to another
- Situated close to busy thoroughfares, McDonald’s make its profits on high volume and quick turnover.
Thrall (noun)
to make a slave of
- Twenty thousand years ago, the Earth was held in thrall by a relentless ice age.
Threats (noun)
the expression of a deliberate intention to cause harm or pain
- If such a multi-day sequence could be forecast, valuable lead time might be gained on flooding threats.
Threshold (noun)
a level, point, or value above which something is true or will take place and below which it is not or will not
- Supporters and opponents alike agree the income threshold needs to be raised.
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