Letter T

tabernacle - temple
table - postpone
tableau - scene, backdrop
taboo - prohibition
tabulate - arrange
tacit - understood without being spoken
taciturn - untalkative
tactful - sensitive
tactics - strategy
tactile - tangible
taint - pollute
talion - punishment
tally - count
talon - claw
tandem - two or more things together
tang - strong taste
tangential - peripheral
tangible - touchable
tantalize - tease
tantamount - equivalent
taper - candle
tariff - tax on imported or exported goods
tarn - small lake
tarnish - taint
tarry - linger
taurine - bull-like
taut - tight
tautological - repetitious
tawdry - gaudy
technology - body of knowledge
tedious - boring, tiring
teem - swarm, abound
temerity - boldness
temperate - moderate
tempest - storm
tempestuous - agitated
tempo - speed
temporal - pertaining to time
tempt - entice
tenable - defensible, valid
tenacious - persistent
tendentious - biased
tenement - decaying apartment building
tenet - doctrine
tensile - stretchable
tentative - provisional
tenuous - thin, insubstantial
tenure - status given after a period of time
tepid - lukewarm
terminal - final
terminology - nomenclature
ternary - triple
terpsichorean - related to dance
terrain - the feature of land
terrapin - turtle
terrestrial - earthly
terse - concise
testament - covenant
testy - petulant
tether - tie down
theatrics - histrionics
theologian - one who studies religion
thesaurus - book of synonyms
thesis - proposition, topic
thespian - actor
thews - muscles
thorny - difficult
thrall - slave
threadbare - tattered
thrive - prosper
throes - anguish
throng - crowd
throttle - choke
thwart - to foil
tiara - crown
tidings - news, information
tiff - fight
timbre - tonal quality, resonance
timorous - fearful, timid
tincture - trace, vestige, tint
tinsel - tawdriness
tirade - scolding speech
titan - accomplished person
titanic - huge
titer - laugh nervously
tithe - donate one-tenth
titian - auburn
titillate - arouse
titular - in name only, figurehead
toady - fawner, sycophant
tocsin - alarm bell, signal
toil - drudgery
tome - large book
tonal - pertaining to sound
topography - science of map making
torment - harass
torpid - lethargic, inactive
torrid - scorching, passionate
torsion - twisting
torus - doughnut shaped object
totter - stagger
touchstone - standard
tousled - disheveled
tout - praise, brag
toxicologist - one who studies poisons
tractable - docile, manageable
traduce - slander
tranquilize - calm, anesthetize
transcribe - write a copy
transfigure - transform, exalt
transfix - impale
transfuse - insert, infuse
transgression - trespass, offense
transient - fleeting, temporary
transitory - fleeting
translucent - clear, lucid
transpire - happen
transpose - interchange
trauma - injury
travail - work, drudgery
traverse - cross
travesty - caricature, farce
treatise - book, dissertation
trek - journey
trenchant - incisive, penetrating
trepidation - fear
triad - group of three
tribunal - court
tributary - river
trite - commonplace, insincere
troglodyte - cave dweller
trollop - harlot
troublous - disturbed
trounce - thrash
troupe - group of actors
truckle - yield
truculent fierce, savage
trudge - march, slog
truism - self-evident truth
truncate - shorten
truncheon - club
tryst - meeting, rendezvous
tumbler - drinking glass
tumefy - swell
tumult - commotion
turbid - muddy, clouded
turgid - swollen
turpitude - depravity
tussle - fight
tussock - cluster of glass
tutelage - guardianship
twain - two
twinge - pain
tyrannical - dictatorial
tyranny - oppression
tyro - beginner