Tablespoon
Meaning: a large spoon for serving food
Sentence: I put a tablespoon in the dish.
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Tailor
Meaning: a person who makes clothes
Sentence: Sara asked the tailor to stitch her dress.
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Talc
Meaning: soft, light-colored mineral used to make talcum powder
Sentence: Talc is also used in lubricants.
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Tame
Meaning: (said about animals) gentle and not afraid of people One day, by chance, he found a tame partridge for sale.
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Tangerine
Meaning: a kind of small orange
Sentence: She put a tangerine in the fruit salad.
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Tantalum
Meaning: a chemical element
Sentence: Tantalum is a hard silver-grey metal used in the production of electronic parts.
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Tattoo
Meaning: a picture on somebodys skin
Sentence: I have a butterfly tattoo on my left arm.
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Taxis
Meaning: restoration of displaced organs or bones by manual pressure alone
Sentence: The patient endured a lot of pain during the taxis.
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Technician
Meaning: a person whose job is to look after scientific equipment and do practical work in a laboratory He is a computer technician.
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Technique
Meaning: the method of doing something
Sentence: There are hardly any flaws in his technique.
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Technology
Meaning: the study of machinery, engineering and how things work
Sentence: Computer technology is making rapid advances.
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Temperament
Meaning: a persons nature as shown in the way he or she usually behaves
Sentence: He has a nervous temperament.
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Temperamental
Meaning: likely to become excitable or moody suddenly
Sentence: The temperamental opera singer refused to perform.
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Tempt
Meaning: to try to persuade
Sentence: Natasha tried to tempt me to eat more sweets.
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Tenacious
Meaning: not giving up something easily; determined; persistent
Sentence: The tenacious soldiers fought bravely.
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Tenant
Meaning: a person who rents a house, building, or land from a landlord
Sentence: The tenant was late in paying his rent.
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Tension
Meaning: the condition of being stretched or strained
Sentence: I suffered from a lot of tension due to my exams.
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Terminal
Meaning: a building where air passengers arrive or depart I made my way to the air terminal to receive my guests.
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Terminate
Meaning: to end; stop immediately
Sentence: Your contract of employment will terminate in december
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Terminology
Meaning: the technical terms of a subject
Sentence: I am not familiar with computer terminology.
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Termite
Meaning: a small insect that is very destructive and consumes timber
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Terrify
Meaning: to make someone feel extremely frightened
Sentence: She likes to terrify us with scary stories.
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Testimony
Meaning: a declaration of truth or fact
Sentence: The witness gave his testimony in court.
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Texture
Meaning: the way that the surface of something feels
Sentence: The texture of the cloth was very rough.
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Thankful
Meaning: grateful
Sentence: The thankful students treated their teacher to dinner.
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Theatre
Meaning: a building where plays are performed to an audience
Sentence: I enjoy visiting the theatre.
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Therapy
Meaning: a way of treating a physical or mental illness
Sentence: She needed therapy to recover from her illness.
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Thief
Meaning: a person who steals things
Sentence: The thief was caught by the police.
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Thigh
Meaning: the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
Sentence: His pants reach halfway down his thigh.
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Thorough
Meaning: done or doing things carefully and in detail
Sentence: The police carried out a thorough investigation.
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Thoughtful
Meaning: thinking a lot; considerate
Sentence: He sat in thoughtful silence during the whole ordeal.
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Throttle
Meaning: a device that controls the flow of fuel to an engine; an accelerator
Sentence: The captain eased up on the throttle as he approached the runway.
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Thwart
Meaning: prevent from succeeding
Sentence: The police managed to thwart the plot against the king.
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Tiger
Meaning: a large, wild animal of the cat family, with yellow and black stripes
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Tobacco
Meaning: the dried leaves of certain plants prepared for smoking in cigarettes and cigars
Sentence: The tobacco in cigarettes is injurious to health.
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Tolerable
Meaning: able to be tolerated
Sentence: They moved to the city in search of tolerable living conditions.
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Torso
Meaning: the trunk of the human body
Sentence: The boxer took several hits to the torso.
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Totalitarian
Meaning: using a form of government where people are not allowed to form rival political parties
Sentence: The totalitarian government was unpopular.
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Touchstone
Meaning: a test by which the quality of something is judged The touchstone of a schools performance is the success of its students.
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Tragedy
Meaning: a very sad or distressing event
Sentence: It was a real tragedy that the hailstorm destroyed all the crops.
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Tranquil
Meaning: state of calm and peace
Sentence: The view from the mountains offered tranquillity to her troubled mind.
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Transition
Meaning: the process of changing from one condition to another
Sentence: The transition from school to college can be difficult for students
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Translucent
Meaning: allowing some light to shine through but not transparent
Sentence: She was wearing a bracelet made of translucent plastic beads.
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Transparent
Meaning: able to be seen through
Sentence: He was drawing on a large transparent sheet.
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Transplant
Meaning: to move to another place
Sentence: The gardener was asked to transplant the shrub to a shadier spot.
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Trapeze
Meaning: a short bar hanging from two parallel ropes high above the ground
Sentence: The audience gasped when the gymnast on the trapeze almost lost his balance.
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Treacherous
Meaning: dangerous or unreliable
Sentence: The treacherous ice on the roads made it difficult for him to drive.
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Treasure
Meaning: a store of precious metals or jewels
Sentence: The pirates searched for treasure.
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Tremendous
Meaning: Very great in amount, scale, or intensity.
Sentence: A tremendous wave rocked the boat.
Synonyms: amazing, astounding, awesome, colossal, dreadful, enormous, excellent, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, formidable, great, immense, incredible, marvelous, massive, monumental, prodigious, terrible, terrific, vast, wonderful
Antonyms: bad, believable, common, commonplace, conventional, customary, expected, familiar, inferior, insignificant, little, miniature, minute, nice, normal, ordinary, plain, pleasant, poor, powerless, small, teeny, tiny, trivial, unamazing, unimportant, unnoteworthy, usual, weak, wonderful
Trespasser
Meaning: a person who enters someones land unlawfully
Sentence: The trespasser was caught by the police.
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Tributary
Meaning: a river or stream that flows into a larger one
Sentence: River Jhelum is a tributary of the River Indus.
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Tricycle
Meaning: a vehicle like a bicycle but with three wheels
Sentence: Atif got a tricycle for his fourth birthday.
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Troublesome
Meaning: causing annoyance
Sentence: They have very troublesome neighbours.
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Trousers
Meaning: a piece of clothing worn over the lower half of the body, with a separate part for each leg
Sentence: He was wearing brown trousers.
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Tuberculosis
Meaning: a disease producing lesions on the lungs
Sentence: He is really weak because he had tuberculosis when he was young.
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Turquoise
Meaning: a sky-blue or greenish-blue colour
Sentence: She wore a turquoise jacket.
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Tweezers
Meaning: small pincers for picking up or pulling small things
Sentence: I used tweezers to remove the thorn from my finger.
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Typical
Meaning: having the usual characteristics of a particular sort of person or thing
Sentence: A typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year.
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To advantage
Meaning: to give you an advantage; to change a situation in a way that gives you an advantage
Sentence: It would be to your advantage to attend this meeting.
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Time and again
Meaning: often; on many or all occasions
Sentence: You will get a perfect result time after time if you follow these instructions.
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Teenage
Meaning: between 13 and 19 years old; connected with people of this age
Sentence: a teenage girl/boy
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Terminus
Meaning: the last stop or the station at the end of a bus or train route
Sentence: We may also, however, justly assume that death is not life's simple opposite, or its necessary terminus, but rather its completion.
Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, culmination, curtain, denouement, desuetude, determination, discontinuance, ending
Antonyms: beginning, cause, commencement, continuation, defeat, failure, forfeit, frustration, imperfection, inception, initiation, introduction, neglect, opening, origin, source, start, unfulfillment, worthlessness
To Pour Oil On Fire
Meaning: To do or say something to make an argument, problem, or bad situation worse; to further incense an already angry person or group of people. You know mom's upset with you. Don't pour fuel on the fire by coming home late again.
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TACITURN
Meaning: (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
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TANTAMOUNT
Meaning: equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as.
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TEMPERATE
Meaning: relating to or denoting a region or climate characterized by mild temperatures.
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TENABLE
Meaning: able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
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TENET
Meaning: a principle or belief, especially one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy.
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THEOLOGY
Meaning: the study of the nature of God and religious belief.
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TOUT
Meaning: attempt to sell (something), typically by a direct or persistent approach.
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TRANSCEND
Meaning: be or go beyond the range or limits of (a field of activity or conceptual sphere).
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TRANSGRESS
Meaning: go beyond the limits of (what is morally, socially, or legally acceptable).
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TREPIDATION
Meaning: a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.
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Turtle Beach
Meaning: Turtle Beach is a brand of audio products for gaming and entertainment, specifically gaming headsets.
Sentence: The company designs and markets a wide range of gaming headsets for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Turtle Beach was founded in 1975, and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
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Travesty
Meaning: A false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.
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Synonyms: burlesque, distortion, exaggeration, farce, mockery, perversion, satire, sham
Antonyms: seriousness, solemnity