tablet:
n.
a small flat compressed cake of some substance; a dose of medicine; simplified computer with only screen | taboo:
n.
ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition |
tacit:
a.
indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent | tackle:
n.
apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball |
tactic:
n. Syn. tactical
plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end | tame:
a.
domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften |
tamper:
v.
interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly | tangible:
a. Syn. real; palpable
able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable |
tangle:
n.
uniting or knitting together confusedly; knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged | tar:
n.
sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal |
tariff:
n.
tax on goods coming into a country | tarnish:
v. Syn. discoloration; stain
make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt |
taxation:
n.
laying a tax, or imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by authority; raising of revenue | technician:
n.
one skilled particularly in the technical details of work |
tedious:
a. Syn. boring; wearisome
tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly | teem:
v.
be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers |
telecommunication:
n.
electronic systems used in transmitting messages | telex:
n.
communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals |
temperament:
n. Syn. disposition
person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry | temperate:
a. Syn. restrained
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality |
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