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rue \v. To regret extremely
ruffian \adj. A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow
ruminant \adj. Chewing the cud
ruminate \v. To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated
rupture \v. To separate the parts of by violence
rustic \adj. Characteristic of dwelling in the country
ruth \n. Sorrow for another's misery
sacrifice \v. To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar
sacrificial \adj. Offering or offered as an atonement for sin
sacrilege \n. The act of violating or profaning anything sacred
sacrilegious \adj. Impious
safeguard \v. To protect
sagacious \adj. Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception
salacious \adj. Having strong sexual desires
salience \n. The condition of standing out distinctly
salient \adj. Standing out prominently
saline \adj. Constituting or consisting of salt
salutary \adj. Beneficial
salutation \n. Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act
salutatory \n. The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges
salvage \n. Any act of saving property
salvo \n. A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer
sanctimonious \adj. Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety
sanction \v. To approve authoritatively
sanctity \n. Holiness
sanguinary \adj. Bloody
sanguine \adj. Having the color of blood
sanguineous \adj. Consisting of blood
sapid \adj. Affecting the sense of taste
sapience \n. Deep wisdom or knowledge
sapient \adj. Possessing wisdom
sapiential \adj. Possessing wisdom
saponaceous \adj. Having the nature or quality of soap
sarcasm \n. Cutting and reproachful language
sarcophagus \n. A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb
sardonic \adj. Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic
satiate \v. To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of
satire \n. The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices
satiric \adj. Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule
satirize \v. To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit
satyr \n. A very lascivious person
savage \n. A wild and uncivilized human being
savor \v. To perceive by taste or smell
scabbard \n. The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon
scarcity \n. Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands
scholarly \adj. Characteristic of an erudite person
scholastic \adj. Pertaining to education or schools
scintilla \n. The faintest ray
scintillate \v. To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light
scope \n. A range of action or view
scoundrel \n. A man without principle
scribble \n. Hasty, careless writing
scribe \n. One who writes or is skilled in writing
script \n. Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form
scriptural \adj. Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures
scruple \n. Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty
scrupulous \adj. Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong
scurrilous \adj. Grossly indecent or vulgar
scuttle \v. To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom
scythe \n. A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc
seance \n. A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits
sear \v. To burn on the surface
sebaceous \adj. Pertaining to or appearing like fat
secant \adj. Cutting, especially into two parts
secede \v. To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body
secession \n. Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies
seclude \v. To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of others
seclusion \n. Solitude
secondary \adj. Less important or effective than that which is primary
secondly \adv. In the second place in order or succession
second-rate \adj. Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc
secrecy \n. Concealment
secretary \n. One who attends to correspondence, keeps records. or does other writing for others
secretive \adj. Having a tendency to conceal
sedate \adj. Even-tempered
sedentary \adj. Involving or requiring much sitting
sediment \n. Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
sedition \n. Conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state
seditious \adj. Promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state
seduce \v. To entice to surrender chastity
sedulous \adj. Persevering in effort or endeavor
seer \n. A prophet
seethe \v. To be violently excited or agitated
seignior \n. A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir
seismograph \n. An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes
seize \v. To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly
selective \adj. Having the power of choice
self-respect \n. Rational self-esteem
semblance \n. Outward appearance
semicivilized \adj. Half-civilized
semiconscious \adj. Partially conscious
semiannual \adj. Recurring at intervals of six months
semicircle \n. A half-circle
seminar \n. Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher
seminary \n. A special school, as of theology or pedagogics
senile \adj. Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age
sensation \n. A condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent feeling
sense \n. The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or action
sensibility \n. Power to perceive or feel
sensitive \adj. Easily affected by outside operations or influences
sensorium \n. The sensory apparatus
sensual \adj. Pertaining to the body or the physical senses
sensuous \adj. Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury
sentence \n. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
sentience \n. Capacity for sensation or sense-perception
sentient \adj. Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception
sentinel \n. Any guard or watch stationed for protection
separable \adj. Capable of being disjoined or divided
separate \v. To take apart
separatist \n. A seceder
septennial \adj. Recurring every seven years
sepulcher \n. A burial-place
sequacious \adj. Ready to be led
sequel \n. That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened
sequence \n. The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time
sequent \adj. Following in the order of time
sequester \v. To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life
sequestrate \v. To confiscate
sergeant \n. A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal
sergeant-at-arms \n. An executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer
sergeant-major \n. The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment
service \n. Any work done for the benefit of another
serviceable \adj. Durable
servitude \n. Slavery
severance \n. Separation. 
severely \adv. Extremely
sextet \n. A band of six singers or players
sextuple \adj. Multiplied by six
sheer \adj. Absolute
shiftless \adj. Wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability
shrewd \adj. Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances
shriek \n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror
shrinkage \n. A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimension
shrivel \v. To draw or be drawn into wrinkles
shuffle \n. A mixing or changing the order of things
sibilance \n. A hissing sound
sibilant \adj. Made with a hissing sound
sibilate \v. To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s
sidelong \adj. Inclining or tending to one side
sidereal \adj. Pertaining to stars or constellations
siege \n. A beleaguerment
significance \n. Importance
significant \adj. Important, especially as pointing something out
signification \n. The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs
similar \adj. Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else
simile \n. A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself
similitude \n. Similarity
simplify \v. To make less complex or difficult
simulate \v. Imitate
simultaneous \adj. Occurring, done, or existing at the same time
sinecure \n. Any position having emoluments with few or no duties
singe \v. To burn slightly or superficially
sinister \adj. Evil
sinuosity \n. The quality of curving in and out
sinuous \adj. Curving in and out
sinus \n. An opening or cavity
siren \n. A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla
sirocco \n. hot winds from Africa
sisterhood \n. A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow
skeptic \n. One who doubts any statements
skepticism \n. The entertainment of doubt concerning something
skiff \n. Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars
skirmish \n. Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies
sleight \n. A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation
slight \adj. Of a small importance or significance
slothful \adj. Lazy
sluggard \n. A person habitually lazy or idle
sociable \adj. Inclined to seek company
socialism \n. A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society
socialist \adj. One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital
sociology \n. The philosophical study of society
sol \n. The sun
solace \n. Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity
solar \adj. Pertaining to the sun
solder \n. A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins
soldier \n. A person engaged in military service
solecism \n. Any violation of established rules or customs
solicitor \n. One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney
solicitude \n. Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear
soliloquy \n. A monologue
solstice \n. The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination
soluble \adj. Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid
solvent \adj. Having sufficient funds to pay all debts
somber \adj. Gloomy
somniferous \adj. Tending to produce sleep
somnolence \n. Oppressive drowsiness
somnolent \adj. Sleepy
sonata \n. An instrumental composition
sonnet \n. A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases
sonorous \adj. Resonant
soothsayer \n. One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight
sophism \n. A false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive
sophistical \adj. Fallacious
sophisticate \v. To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner
sophistry \n. Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive
soprano \n. A woman's or boy's voice of high range
sorcery \n. Witchcraft
sordid \adj. Of degraded character or nature
souvenir \n. A token of remembrance
sparse \adj. Thinly diffused
spartan \adj. Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe
spasmodic \adj. Convulsive
specialize \v. To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course
specialty \n. An employment limited to one particular line of work
specie \n. A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal
species \n. A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus
specimen \n. One of a class of persons or things regarded as representative of the class
specious \adj. Plausible
spectator \n. One who beholds or looks on
specter \n. Apparition
spectrum \n. An image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy
speculate \v. To pursue inquiries and form conjectures
speculator \n. One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit
sphericity \n. The state or condition of being a sphere
spheroid \n. A body having nearly the form of a sphere
spherometer \n. An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces
spinous \adj. Having spines
spinster \n. A woman who has never been married
spontaneous \adj. Arising from inherent qualities or tendencies without external efficient cause
sprightly \adj. Vivacious
spurious \adj. Not genuine
squabble \v. To quarrel
squalid \adj. Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance
squatter \n. One who settles on land without permission or right
stagnant \adj. Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool
stagnate \v. To become dull or inert
stagnation \n. The condition of not flowing or not changing
stagy \adj. Having a theatrical manner
staid \adj. Of a steady and sober character
stallion \n. An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for breeding
stanchion \n. A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall
stanza \n. A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem
statecraft \n. The art of conducting state affairs
static \adj. Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium
statics \n. The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order
stationary \adj. Not moving
statistician \n. One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts
statuesque \adj. Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue
statuette \n. A figurine
stature \n. The natural height of an animal body
statute \n. Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law
stealth \n. A concealed manner of acting
stellar \adj. Pertaining to the stars
steppe \n. One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia
sterling \adj. Genuine
stifle \v. To smother
stigma \n. A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing
stiletto \n. A small dagger
stimulant \n. Anything that rouses to activity or to quickened action
stimulate \v. To rouse to activity or to quickened action
stimulus \n. Incentive
stingy \adj. Cheap, unwilling to spend money
stipend \n. A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an allowance
stoicism \n. The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very even tempered in success and failure
stolid \adj. Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving
strait \n. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water
stratagem \n. Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage
stratum \n. A natural or artificial layer, bed, or thickness of any substance or material
streamlet \n. Rivulet
stringency \n. Strictness
stringent \adj. Rigid
stripling \n. A mere youth
studious \adj. Having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge
stultify \v. To give an appearance of foolishness to
stupendous \adj. Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree
stupor \n. Profound lethargy
suasion \n. The act of persuading
suave \adj. Smooth and pleasant in manner
subacid \adj. Somewhat sharp or biting
subaquatic \adj. Being, formed, or operating under water
subconscious \adj. Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perception
subjacent \adj. Situated directly underneath
subjection \n. The act of bringing into a state of submission
subjugate \v. To conquer
subliminal \adj. Being beneath the threshold of consciousness
sublingual \adj. Situated beneath the tongue
submarine \adj. Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea
submerge \v. To place or plunge under water
submergence \n. The act of submerging
submersible \adj. Capable of being put underwater
submersion \n. The act of submerging
submission \n. A yielding to the power or authority of another
submittal \n. The act of submitting
subordinate \adj. Belonging to an inferior order in a classification
subsequent \adj. Following in time
subservience \n. The quality, character, or condition of being servilely following another's behests
subservient \adj. Servilely following another's behests
subside \v. To relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity
subsist \v. To be maintained or sustained
subsistence \n. Sustenance
substantive \adj. Solid
subtend \v. To extend opposite to
subterfuge \n. Evasion
subterranean \adj. Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth
subtle \adj. Discriminating
subtrahend \n. That which is to be subtracted
subversion \n. An overthrow, as from the foundation
subvert \v. To bring to ruin
succeed \v. To accomplish what is attempted or intended
success \n. A favorable or prosperous course or termination of anything attempted
successful \adj. Having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity
successor \n. One who or that which takes the place of a predecessor or preceding thing
succinct \adj. Concise
succulent \adj. Juicy
succumb \v. To cease to resist
sufferance \n. Toleration
sufficiency \n. An ample or adequate supply
suffrage \n. The right or privilege of voting
suffuse \v. To cover or fill the surface of
suggestible \adj. That can be suggested
suggestive \adj. Stimulating to thought or reflection
summary \n. An abstract
sumptuous \adj. Rich and costly
superabundance \n. An excessive amount
superadd \v. To add in addition to what has been added
superannuate \v. To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service
superb \adj. Sumptuously elegant
supercilious \adj. Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt
superficial \adj. Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious
superfluity \n. That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed
superfluous \adj. Being more than is needed
superheat \v. To heat to excess
superintend \v. To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement
superintendence \n. Direction and management
superintendent \n. One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement
superlative \n. That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence
supernatural \adj. Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power
supernumerary \adj. Superfluous
supersede \v. To displace
supine \adj. Lying on the back
supplant \v. To take the place of
supple \adj. Easily bent
supplementary \adj. Being an addition to
supplicant \n. One who asks humbly and earnestly
supplicate \v. To beg
supposition \n. Conjecture
suppress \v. To prevent from being disclosed or punished
suppressible \adj. Capable of being suppressed
suppression \n. A forcible putting or keeping down
supramundane \adj. Supernatural
surcharge \n. An additional amount charged
surety \n. Security for payment or performance
surfeit \v. To feed to fullness or to satiety
surmise \v. To conjecture
surmount \v. To overcome by force of will
surreptitious \adj. Clandestine
surrogate \n. One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another
surround \v. To encircle
surveyor \n. A land-measurer
susceptibility \n. A specific capability of feeling or emotion
susceptible \adj. Easily under a specified power or influence
suspense \n. Uncertainty
suspension \n. A hanging from a support
suspicious \adj. Inclined to doubt or mistrust
sustenance \n. Food
swarthy \adj. Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion
sybarite \n. A luxurious person
sycophant \n. A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence
syllabic \adj. Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse
syllabication \n. Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse
syllable \n. That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse
syllabus \n. Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise
sylph \n. A slender, graceful young woman or girl
symmetrical \adj. Well-balanced
symmetry \n. Relative proportion and harmony
sympathetic \adj. Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others
sympathize \v. To share the sentiments or mental states of another
symphonic \adj. Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds
symphonious \adj. Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds
symphony \n. A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds
synchronism \n. Simultaneousness
syndicate \n. An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise
syneresis \n. The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for ever
synod \n. An ecclesiastical council
synonym \n. A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other
synopsis \n. A syllabus or summary
systematic \adj. Methodical
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 spy-glass
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 railway-bridge
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
ubiquitous \adj. Being present everywhere
ulterior \adj. Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of
ultimate \adj. Beyond which there is nothing else
ultimatum \n. A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions
ultramundane \adj. Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life
ultramontane \adj. Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side)
umbrage \n. A sense of injury
unaccountable \adj. Inexplicable
unaffected \adj. Sincere
unanimous \adj. Sharing the same views or sentiments
unanimity \n. The state or quality of being of one mind
unavoidable \adj. Inevitable
unbearable \adj. Unendurable
unbecoming \adj. Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings
unbelief \n. Doubt
unbiased \adj. Impartial, as judgment
unbridled \adj. Being without restraint
uncommon \adj. Rare
unconscionable \adj. Ridiculously or unjustly excessive
unconscious \adj. Not cognizant of objects, actions, etc
unction \n. The art of anointing as with oil
unctuous \adj. Oily
undeceive \v. To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs
undercharge \v. To make an inadequate charge for
underexposed \adj. Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography
undergarment \n. A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments
underman \v. To equip with less than the full complement of men
undersell \v. To sell at a lower price than
undersized \adj. Of less than the customary size
underhanded \adj. Clandestinely carried on
underlie \v. To be the ground or support of
underling \n. A subordinate
undermine \v. To subvert in an underhand way
underrate \v. To undervalue
understate \v. To fail to put strongly enough, as a case
undervalue \v. To underestimate