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T-Z GRE Vocabulary
"T" "U" "V" "W" & "Z" Words
Term | Definition |
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tacit | implied; not explicitly stated |
taciturn | uncommunicative; silent |
tenacious | adhering to or persisting in something valued |
tenuous | having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak |
terse | brief and concise in wording |
tirade | a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation |
timorous | timid; fearful |
toady | sycophant; flatterer |
tortuous | winding; twisting; excessively complicated |
tout | to publicly praise or promote |
transient | fleeting; passing quickly; brief |
trenchant | sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating |
truculent | fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
truncate | to cut off abruptly |
tyro | novice; greenhorn; rank amateur |
unfeigned | genuine; not false or hypocritical |
untenable | indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
untrammeled | not hampered or impeded |
urbane | sophisticated; refined; elegant |
vacillate | to move indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another |
vagary | unpredictable action |
variegated | multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color |
venal | capable of being bought or bribed |
venerate | to revere; to worship |
verisimilitude | appearance of truth or reality |
vexation | annoyance; irritation |
vigilant | alertly watchful |
viscous | thick; sticky |
vituperate | to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse severely |
volatile | readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle |
voracious | having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit |
waft | to cause to move as if by a light breeze |
waver | to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
wend | to go; to proceed |
zealous | fervent; ardent; impassioned |