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transgression
n. violation of a law, evildoing, infraction

eg. Minor transgression can be forgiven.
tyranny
n. cruel use of power or authority, cruelty, dictatorship

eg. The tyranny of slavery before the civil war.
traduce
v. slander, malign, libel, vilify, denigrate, slur, calumniate, smear, deprecate

eg. His opponents tried to traduce the candidate's reputation.
treatise
n. systematical article of a subject (luan. an'), disseration

eg. a treatise on mathematics
tribulation
n. distress, suffering, (oppression, ordeal), vexation

eg. After all the tribulations we have gone through, we need some rest.
trite
adj. hackneyed, commonplace, banal, prosaic, pedestrian, threadbare, tatty

eg. What a trite idea
tycoon
n. successful and rich person, magnate, luminary, mogul, baron

eg. a business / property / media tycoon
tract
n. system, a large area of land

eg. 40-acre tract of land, the digestive tract.
trifling
adj. trivial, unimportant, negligible, paltry, (superficial)

eg. the money involved was a trifling sum.
trinket
n. a cheap piece of jewelery or ornament, bauble, knickknack

eg. She often bought some trinkets as souvenirs after her trips.
turbid
adj. muddy (full of mud), tainted with mud

eg. The water was turbid after the children waded through it.
turgid
adj. swollen, tumid, (billowing)

eg. The turgid river threatened to overflow the levees and flood the town.
torrid
adj. passionate (love,...), hot (weather), (sultry)

eg. torrid love affair, torrid climates
touchy
adj. easily offended, cantankerous, too sensitive

eg. He’s a little touchy about his weight.
tortuous
adj. winding =(full of curves), indirect, (sinuous, serpentine)

eg. a tortuous mountain track
tout
v. show off, advertise, praise excessively

eg. Their much-touted expansion plans have come to nothing.
tractable
adj. easily manageable, amenable, manipulable

eg. This approach helps to make the issues more tractable
transient
adj. short-lived, temporary, transitory

eg. an island with a large transient population in summer holiday
transcribe
v. copy, rewrite in a easier way to understand, (interpret, render)

eg. The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant.
transitory
adj. ephemeral, fleeting, short-lasting

eg. the transitory nature of his happiness
travesty
n. distorted imitation, parody, farce (satirical comedy)

eg. The trial was a travesty of justice.
tumid
n. swelling (turgid), pompous, magniloquent

eg. What a tumid speech!
travail
n. hard work, torment, exertion

eg. She hates the seemingly endless travail of cramming for the exam.
troth
n. pledge of faith (esp in betrothal/engagement)

eg. He gave her his troth and vowed to cherish her always.
turmoil
n. tumult, anxiety and confusion, agitation, convulsion

eg. His statement threw the court into turmoil.
tumult
n. confused state (of noise, excitement, feelings), turmoil, (shambles)

eg. A tumult of shouting and screaming came from within the house.
ubiquitous
adj. being everywhere, omnipresent, very common

eg. the ubiquitous bicycles of university towns
tyro
n. novice, neophyte, beginner

eg. For a mere tyro, you have produced some marvelous results
tutelary
adj. protective, guarding

eg. tutelary angels
tutelage
n. guidance, instruction, training

eg. Under the tutelage of such masters of the instrument, her progress accelerate quickly
turpitude
n. wickedness, depravity

eg. The mafia in this country involved in many abominable turpitude.
turncoat
n. traitor (deserter, apostate renegade, recreant, ratter)
tureen
n. deep dish for serving soup

eg. The waiters brought the soup to the tables in silver tureens.
turbulence
n. violence (of whirlpool, confusion)

eg. We experienced severe wind turbulence during the flight.
tundra
n. treeless and frozen plain

eg. Many geologists try to discover valuable mineral deposits in the tundra.
tryst
n. a secret meeting of two lovers

eg. The lovers kept their tryst even though they realized their danger.
truncate
v. cut the top off (to make shorter)

eg. My article was published in truncated form.
truism
n. self-evident truth, axiom

eg. I am merely uttering a truism that everyone know.
truculence
n. aggressiveness, ferocity

eg. Her response was noted for general tone of truculence
trough
n. opened container for feeding farm animals (mang'), lowest point.

eg. peaks and troughs in the long-term trend of unemployment.
trivia
n. unimportant matter, trifles

eg. We spent the whole evening discussing domestic trivia.
trilogy
n. group of three works (movies, novels)

eg. She can't wait to read the 2nd and 3rd volume of the trilogy.
trident
n. three-fork spear, (fork with three points)

eg. Neptune emerges from the sea, carrying his trident on his shoulder.
tribute
n. tax levied by a ruler, mark of respect

eg. The colonists refused to pay tribute to a foreign despot
tribunal
n. highest court of justice

eg. The decision of the tribunal is irrevocable and the criminal was sentenced to death.
trepidation
n. fear, nervous apprehension

eg. Susan felt some trepidation before the interview.
trenchant
adj. incisive, expressed strongly in a clear way

eg. His trenchant views on the subject are well known.
tremulous
adj. trembling, wavering

eg. She was tremulous more from excitement than from fear.
tremor
n. trembling, slight quiver

eg. She had a nervous tremor in her right hand
trek
n. a long and hard journey

eg. They reached the refugee camp after an arduous two-day trek across the mountains.
traumatic
adj. pertaining to injury caused by violence

eg. his nightmares of traumatic experience of being wounded in battle.
trappings
n. outward decorations, ornaments

eg. He loves the trappings of success, the limousines and the company jet.
transport
n. strong emotion

eg. One moment in transports of joy/grief
transpire
v. happen, be revealed

eg. important events transpired last week.
transmute
v. change, convert

eg. He was unable to transmute his dreams into actualities.
translucent
adj. partly transparent, opaque

eg. His skin was translucent with age.
transfigure
v. change the appearance or form

eg. Ann’s whole face was transfigured by the early morning light.
transcendent
adj. surpassing, beyond usual limit

eg. a writer of transcendent genius
trajectory
n. path taken by a projectile/bullet

eg. the police tried to the trajectory of the bullet of the assasin.
touchstone
n. stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys, criterion

eg. What touchstone can be used to measure the character of a person
totter
v. move unsteadily, as if about to fall

eg. The drunk tottered down the hill to the nearest bar.
torso
n. the main part of the body with the head and limbs missing, trunk

eg. The statue of torso was found in the ruin of Pompeii.
torque
n. twisting force, force produce rotation
torpor
n. lethargy, sluggishness, dormancy

eg. Throughout the winter, nothing aroused the bear from his torpor.
topography
n. physical features of a region

eg. a map showing the topography of the island
tonsure
n. shaving head for a monk

eg. His tonsure, even more than his monastic garb, indicate that he was monk.
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