PTE for Academic Words | Introduction |
Group (T) - Manage Words by Panel - Page 1 |
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tablet |
n. a small flat compressed cake of some substance; a dose of medicine; simplified computer with only screen |
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taboo |
n. ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition |
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tackle |
n. apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball |
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tactic |
n. Syn. tactical plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end |
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tame |
a. domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften |
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tangle |
n. uniting or knitting together confusedly; knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged |
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tar |
n. sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal |
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tarnish |
v. Syn. discoloration; stain make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt |
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taxation |
n. laying a tax, or imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by authority; raising of revenue |
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tedious |
a. Syn. boring; wearisome tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly |
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telex |
n. communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals |