Letter ‘T’

High Frequency GRE Words

1.    Tacit (adj.) – Understood
2.    Taciturn (adj.) – Disinclined to conversation
3.    Tangent (adj.) – Touching
4.    Tantalize (v) – To tease
5.    Temerity (n) – Recklessness
6.    Tenet (n) – Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true
7.    Tenor (n) – A settled course or manner of progress
8.    Termagant (adj.) – Violently abusive and quarrelsome
9.    Terse (adj} – Pithy
10.    Timorous {adj.) – Lacking courage
11.    Tirade (n) – Harangue
12.    Torpor (n)- Apathy
13.    Tortuous (adj.) – Wrongful
14.    Travail (n) – Hard or agonizing labor
15.    Turpitude (n) – Depravity

A collection of some tough GRE words

1.    Tangy – sharp and bitter
2.    Tart – tasteful, sharp
3.    Tepid – slightly warm
4.    Tautological- verbose
5.    Tawdry – cheap; unpleasant; immoral
6.    Tawny – pale
7.    Tempestuous – violent, angry
8.    Thuggish – rough, violent
9.    Torrid – extremely hot and dry, burning
10.    Tortuous – very long, complicated
11.    Traitorous – dangerous, harmful
12.    Turpitude – very immoral behavior
13.    Tactile – tending to touch others while talking
to them
14.    Tangled- confused, complicated
15.    Tattered – damaged, torn
16.    Tauten – become stiff
17.    Tacit – unwilling
18.    Taciturn – unfriendly
19.    Taunt – insult
20.    Tedium – frustration, boredom
21.    Temerity- annoyance, dislike
22.    Terse – unfriendly
23.    Truculent- bad-tempered, aggressive
24.    Talisman – an object having magical powers
25.    Tangential -indirectly connected, concerned
26.    Tantamount-incomparable
27.    Tectonic – relating to earth
28.    Temporal – ordinary, irreligious
29.    Titanic – very important, powerful
30.    Trenchant- very clear, effective, forceful
31.    Truncated – abridged, shortened
32.    Tamp – press
33.    Tardy-later than expected
34.    Tenacious – determined
35.    Tenuous – very uncertain, weak
36.    Thrush – beat to separate
37.    Timorous – frightened, nervous
38.    Titular- important
39.    Torpid-lazy, sleepy, inactive
40.    Tremulous – upset, afraid, uncertain
41.    Tumultuous – confused

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8 Responses to “T – High Frequency GRE Words”

1. seshu on March 31st, 2009 4:46 pm

   synonym for translator

2. AnuVeluri on April 1st, 2009 12:48 pm

   Hi Seshu, interpreter, decoder…

   Regards,
   Anu

3. mirzo on August 21st, 2009 4:00 am

   do you have e books which teach english? how can i find them?

4. AnuVeluri on August 21st, 2009 12:47 pm

   Dear Mirzo there are many posts pertaining to vocabulary and contextual usage of words…almost like an e-book..although not in a book form..I suggest u run through all of them..

   Regards,

5. Vincent k langat on October 1st, 2009 3:47 am

   Procedure on how to answer and submit ua question online

6. AnuVeluri on October 1st, 2009 8:29 am

   Dear Vincent, you can use the same place for posting queries too…in fact there are forums . You can also register at the forum and post ur query there..forums help because all the diligent students like you will participate and our learning quotient improves!!

7. Adanech Yared on October 3rd, 2009 5:58 pm

   My name is Adanech Yared. I am Ethiopian. I have got BSc degree in Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering. I need to continue my education in forein country. To apply the MSc program the Universitys gives scolar ship for MSc program they are need the result of TOEFL. So for this examination I will need to learn TOEFL and to take exam by inter naternate.

8. AnuVeluri on October 7th, 2009 2:01 pm

   Dear Adanech…pls visit the official site of TOEFL..

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