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Word List 47

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  1. tonsure
    shaving of the head, especially by person entering religious orders
  2. topography
    physical features of a region
  3. torrent
    rushing stream; flood
  4. totter
    sway; move unsteadily
  5. touchstone
    criterion
  6. touchy
    irascible; sensitive
  7. tout
    to advertise boastfully
  8. tract
    pamphlet; an area or region
  9. traduce
    to slander; decry
  10. transcendent
    surpassing; superior
  11. transcribe
    to copy
  12. transfigure
    to change in form or aspect
  13. transient
    temporary
  14. transitory
    fleeting
  15. translucent
    partly transparent
  16. transpire
    to be revealed; to happen
  17. transport
    strong emotion
  18. trappings
    ornaments
  19. travail
    drudgery
  20. treatise
    article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
  21. trek
    journey
  22. tremor
    trembling; slight quiver
  23. tremulous
    trembling; wavering
  24. trenchant
    effective; incisive or keen
  25. trepidation
    fear
  26. tribulation
    distress
  27. tribunal
    court of justice
  28. trinket
    knickknack; bauble
  29. trite
    hackneyed; commonplace
  30. trivia
    trifles; unimportant matters
  31. troth
    promise
  32. trough
    container for feeding farm animals; lowest point
  33. truism
    self-evident truth
  34. tryst
    a meeting
  35. tumid
    pompous; bombastic
  36. tumult
    commotion; noise
  37. tundra
    treeless plain of arctic regions
  38. turbid
    muddy
  39. tureen
    deep dish for serving soup
  40. turgid
    swollen; distended
  41. turmoil
    great commotion and confusion
  42. turncoat
    traitor
  43. turpitude
    depravity
  44. tutelage
    training; guardianship
  45. tutelary
    pertaining to a guardianship
  46. tycoon
    wealthy leader
  47. typhoon
    tropical hurricane or cyclone
  48. tyro
    novice
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Word List 47
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