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tonsure--ubiquitous
Question | Answer |
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tonsure | shaving of head esp.by persons entering religious orders |
torpor | lethargy,dormancy,sluggishness |
torrent | flooded,rushing stream |
torrid | passionate,hot,scorching |
totter | move unsteadily,sway as if about 2 fall |
touchstone | stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys |
tout | publicize,praise excessively |
tract | pamphlet,a region of indefinite size |
traduce | expose to slander |
transcendent | surpassing,exceeding ordinary limits,superior |
transcribe | copy |
transgression | violation of law,sin |
transitory | impermanent,fleeting |
transmute | change,convert to something different |
transpire | be revealed,happen |
transport | strong emotion |
trappings | outward decorations,ornaments |
travail | painful labor |
travesty | comical parody,treatment aimed at aking something ridiciulous |
treatise | article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly |
trenchant | cutting,keen |
trepedation | fear,nervous apprehension |
tribulation | distress,sufferings |
tribunal | court of justice |
tribute | tax levied by a ruler,mark of respect |
trident | three-pronged spear |
trifling | trivial,unimportant |
trilogy | group of three works |
trinket | knick-knack,bauble |
trite | hackneyed,commonplace |
trivia | trifles,unimportant matters |
troth | pledge of good faith esp.in betrothal |
trough | container for feeding farm animals,lowest |
truculence | aggressiveness,ferocity |
truism | self-evident truth |
trancate | cut the top off |
tryst | meeting |
tumid | swollen,pompous,bombastic |
tumult | commotion,riot,noise |
tureen | deep dish for serving soup |
turgid | swollen,distended |
turmoil | great commotion or confusion |
turncoat | traitor |
turpitude | depravity |
tutelage | guardianship,training |
tutelary | protective,pertaining to guardianship |
tyro | beginner,novice |
ubiquitous | being everywhere;omnipresent |