IELTS Exam Vocabulary List - TIELTS Exam Vocabulary List - T
- tableau n. An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life.
- tacit adj. Understood.
- taciturn adj. Disinclined to conversation.
- tack n. A small sharp-pointed nail.
- tact n. Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing.
- tactician n. One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness.
- tactics n. Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object.
- tangency n. The state of touching.
- tangent adj. Touching.
- tangible adj. Perceptible by touch.
- tannery n. A place where leather is tanned.
- tantalize v. To tease.
- tantamount adj. Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import.
- tapestry n. A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings.
- tarnish v. To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way.
- taut adj. Stretched tight.
- taxation n. A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution.
- taxidermy n. The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them.
- technic adj. Technical.
- technicality n. Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like.
- technique n. Manner of performance.
- technography n. The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development.
- technology n. The knowledge relating to industries and manufactures.
- teem v. To be full to overflowing.
- telepathy n. Thought-transference.
- telephony n. The art or process of communicating by telephone.
- telescope v. To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spyglass.
- telltale adj. That gives warning or information.
- temerity n. Recklessness.
- temporal adj. Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life.
- temporary adj. Lasting for a short time only.
- temporize v. To pursue a policy of delay.
- tempt v. To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong.
- tempter n. An allurer or enticer to evil.
- tenacious adj. Unyielding.
- tenant n. An occupant.
- tendency n. Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end.
- tenet n. Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true.
- tenor n. A settled course or manner of progress.
- tense adj. Strained to stiffness.
- tentative adj. Done as an experiment.
- tenure n. The term during which a thing is held.
- tercentenary adj. Pertaining to a period of 300 years.
- termagant adj. Violently abusive and quarrelsome.
- terminal adj. Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit.
- terminate v. To put an end or stop to.
- termination n. The act of ending or concluding.
- terminus n. The final point or goal.
- terrify v. To fill with extreme fear.
- territorial adj. Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction.
- terse adj. Pithy.
- testament n. A will.
- testator n. The maker of a will.
- testimonial n. A formal token of regard, often presented in public.
- thearchy n. Government by a supreme deity.
- theism n. Belief in God.
- theocracy n. A government administered by ecclesiastics.
- theocrasy n. The mixed worship of polytheism.
- theologian n. A professor of divinity.
- theological adj. Based on or growing out of divine revelation.
- theology n. The branch of theological science that treats of God.
- theoretical adj. Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications.
- theorist n. One given to speculating.
- theorize v. To speculate.
- thereabout adv. Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately.
- therefor adv. For that or this.
- thermal adj. Of or pertaining to heat.
- thermoelectric adj. Denoting electricity produced by heat.
- thermoelectricity n. Electricity generated by differences of temperature,
- thesis n. An essay or treatise on a particular subject.
- thoroughbred adj. Bred from the best or purest blood or stock.
- thoroughfare n. A public street or road.
- thrall n. One controlled by an appetite or a passion.
- tilth n. Cultivation.
- timbre n. The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch.
- timorous adj. Lacking courage.
- tincture n. A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine.
- tinge n. A faint trace of color.
- tipsy adj. Befuddled with drinks.
- tirade n. Harangue.
- tireless adj. Untiring.
- tiresome adj. Wearisome.
- Titanic adj. Of vast size or strength.
- toilsome adj. Laborious.
- tolerable adj. Moderately good.
- tolerance n. Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others.
- tolerant adj. Indulgent.
- tolerate v. To passively permit or put up with.
- toleration n. A spirit of charitable leniency.
- topography n. The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy.
- torpor n. Apathy.
- torrid adj. Excessively hot.
- tortious adj. Wrongful.
- tortuous adj. Abounding in irregular bends or turns.
- torturous adj. Marked by extreme suffering.
- tractable adj. Easily led or controlled.
- trait n. A distinguishing feature or quality.
- trajectory n. The path described by a projectile moving under given forces.
- trammel n. An impediment.
- tranquil adj. Calm.
- tranquilize v. To soothe.
- tranquility n. Calmness.
- transalpine adj. Situated on the other side of the Alps.
- transact v. To do business.
- transatlantic adj. Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic.
- transcend v. To surpass.
- transcendent adj. Surpassing.
- transcontinental adj. Extending or passing across a continent.
- transcribe v. To write over again (something already written)
- transcript n. A copy made directly from an original.
- transfer v. To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another.
- transferable adj. Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another.
- transferee n. The person to whom a transfer is made.
- transference n. The act of conveying from one person or place to another.
- transferrer n. One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another.
- transfigure v. To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to.
- transfuse v. To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another.
- transfusible adj. Capable of being poured from one vessel to another.
- transfusion n. The act of pouring from one vessel to another.
- transgress v. To break a law.
- transience n. Something that is of short duration.
- transient n. One who or that which is only of temporary existence.
- transition n. Passage from one place, condition, or action to another.
- transitory adj. Existing for a short time only.
- translate v. To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect.
- translator n. An interpreter.
- translucence n. The property or state of allowing the passage of light.
- translucent adj. Allowing the passage of light.
- transmissible adj. That may e sent through or across.
- transmission n. The act of sending through or across.
- transmit v. To send trough or across.
- transmute v. To change in nature, substance, or form.
- transparent adj. Easy to see through or understand.
- transpire v. To come to pass.
- transplant v. To remove and plant in another place.
- transposition n. The act of reversing the order or changing the place of.
- transverse adj. Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction.
- travail n. Hard or agonizing labor.
- travesty n. A grotesque imitation.
- treacherous adj. Perfidious.
- treachery n. Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith.
- treasonable adj. Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance.
- treatise n. An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts.
- treble adj. Multiplied by three.
- trebly adv. Triply.
- tremendous adj. Awe-inspiring.
- tremor n. An involuntary trembling or shivering.
- tremulous adj. Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness.
- trenchant adj. Cutting deeply and quickly.
- trepidation n. Nervous uncertainty of feeling.
- trestle n. An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railwaybridge.
- triad n. A group of three persons of things.
- tribune n. Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper.
- trickery n. Artifice.
- tricolor adj. Of three colors.
- tricycle n. A three-wheeled vehicle.
- trident n. The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune.
- triennial adj. Taking place every third year.
- trimness n. Neatness.
- trinity n. A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance.
- trio n. Three things grouped or associated together.
- triple adj. Threefold.
- triplicate adj. Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts.
- triplicity n. The state of being triple or threefold.
- tripod n. A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument.
- trisect v. To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- trite adj. Made commonplace by frequent repetition.
- triumvir n. One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority.
- trivial adj. Of little importance or value.
- troublesome adj. Burdensome.
- truculence n. Ferocity.
- truculent adj. Having the character or the spirit of a savage.
- truism n. A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof.
- truthful adj. Veracious.
- turgid adj. Swollen.
- turpitude n. Depravity.
- tutelage n. The act of training or the state of being under instruction.
- tutelar adj. Protective.
- tutorship n. The office of a guardian.
- twinge n. A darting momentary local pain.
- typical adj. Characteristic.
- typify v. To serve as a characteristic example of.
- typographical adj. Pertaining to typography or printing.
- typography n. The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter.
- tyrannical adj. Despotic.
- tyranny n. Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated.
- tyro n. One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession.
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