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- taciturn: not apt to talk or speak.
- taciturn: not inclined to talk.
- tarradiddle: a fib; also, pretentious nonsense.
- tatterdemalion: a person dressed in tattered clothing.
- tattoo: a rapid, rhythmic drumming or rapping.
- taw: a large marble.
- tchotchke: a trinket; a knickknack.
- teetotaler: one pledged to abstinence from alcoholic drinks.
- temerarious: reckless; rash.
- temerity: unreasonable contempt of danger.
- temerity: unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger.
- tendentious: marked by a strong tendency in favor of a particular point of view.
- tenebrous: dark; gloomy.
- tenet: any opinion, principle, or doctrine held to be true.
- tergiversation: evasion; also, desertion of a cause, party, etc.
- termagant: a scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman.
- terminus: the end of a transportation line or route; any finishing point.
- tetchy: peevish; testy; irritable.
- tete-a-tete: a private conversation.
- thaumaturgy: magic.
- thaumaturgy: the performance of miracles or magic.
- timorous: full of apprehensiveness; fearful.
- tintinnabulation: a tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells.
- tirade: a long angry speech.
- titivate: to smarten up; to spruce.
- tittle-tattle: idle, trifling talk.
- tmesis: in grammar and rhetoric, the separation of the parts of a compound word.
- tocsin: a warning.
- toothsome: delicious, attractive, or luscious.
- toper: a drunkard; a sot.
- torpid: dull; sluggish; apathetic.
- torpid: dull; sluggish; inactive.
- torrid: drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.
- tortuous: marked by repeated turns and bends.
- tractable: docile; manageable, governable.
- traduce: to vilify.
- trammel: something that impedes activity, progress, or freedom; also, to hamper.
- transmogrify: to change into a different shape.
- transmogrify: to transform.
- transmute: to change from one nature, form, substance, or state into another.
- travail: intense pains; agony.
- travail: painful, arduous work; also, agony, anguish.
- tremulous: shaking, quivering; also, affected with fear.
- trenchant: forceful and vigorous; also, caustic; also, clear-cut.
- trencherman: a hearty eater.
- trepidation: a state of dread or alarm; apprehension.
- trepidation: quaking; quivering.
- trice: an instant; a moment.
- triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number 13.
- troglodyte: someone who dwells in a cave.
- truckle: to act in a subservient manner.
- truckle: to act in a subservient manner.
- tryst: an appointment (as between lovers) to meet.
- tumult: the commotion or agitation of a crowd.
- turbid: muddy; not clear; also, confused; disordered.
- turgid: swollen, bloated; also, bombastic, pompous.
- turpitude: baseness; depravity.
- tutelage: guardianship; protection; also, instruction.
- tutelage: protection; also, instruction.
- tutelary: guardian; protecting.
- tyro: a novice.
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