GRE Vocabulary

#921

tirade

Noun

Example sentences

1. The manager launched a tirade about poor performance.
2. We listened to his angry tirade.
3. Her short complaint became a long tirade.

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#922

torpor

Noun

Example sentences

1. The heat left him in a state of torpor.
2. The animal wakes slowly from winter torpor.
3. The organization fell into torpor after its leader left.

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#923

tortuous

Adjective

Example sentences

1. A tortuous road climbed the mountain.
2. The legal process was long and tortuous.
3. He gave a tortuous explanation that confused everyone.

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#924

tout

Verb

Example sentences

1. Advertisements tout the phone as the best on the market.
2. The city likes to tout its clean beaches.
3. Supporters tout her as a future leader.

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#925

tractable

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The problem became tractable after we divided it into smaller parts.
2. The young horse is calm and tractable.
3. This material is soft and tractable.

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#926

transient

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The pain was transient and soon disappeared.
2. The hotel serves a transient population of travelers.
3. Fame can be transient.

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#927

transitory

Adjective

Example sentences

1. Their happiness was transitory.
2. The storm caused only transitory damage.
3. This difficult period is transitory and will pass.

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#928

transmute

Verb

Example sentences

1. The story describes a magician who can transmute stone into gold.
2. Time may transmute pain into wisdom.
3. Heat can transmute the material into another form.

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#929

travail

Noun

Example sentences

1. After years of travail, the family found a safe home.
2. The book describes the travail of early settlers.
3. Her long travail ended with success.

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#930

travesty

Noun

Example sentences

1. The unfair trial was a travesty of justice.
2. The poor copy was a travesty of the original painting.
3. Critics called the decision a travesty.

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#931

treacherous

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The mountain path was narrow and treacherous.
2. He discovered that his treacherous friend had betrayed him.
3. The sea becomes treacherous during storms.

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#932

trenchant

Adjective

Example sentences

1. She gave a trenchant analysis of the problem.
2. His trenchant question exposed the weakness in the plan.
3. The article contains several trenchant observations.

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#933

tribulation

Noun

Example sentences

1. The family stayed together through every tribulation.
2. He faced great tribulation during the war.
3. The story follows her from tribulation to success.

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#934

trite

Adjective

Example sentences

1. His advice sounded trite and unhelpful.
2. The film repeats a trite story.
3. Avoid trite phrases in your writing.

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#935

truculence

Noun

Example sentences

1. His truculence made peaceful discussion impossible.
2. The crowd's truculence worried the police.
3. She answered his truculence with calm words.

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#936

truculent

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The truculent customer threatened the staff.
2. His truculent attitude caused another fight.
3. The dog became truculent when strangers approached.

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#937

truncate

Verb

Example sentences

1. The editor had to truncate the long article.
2. The program may truncate numbers after two decimal places.
3. Do not truncate the story before its important ending.

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#938

tumult

Noun

Example sentences

1. The sudden decision caused public tumult.
2. We heard the tumult of the crowd outside.
3. The country went through years of political tumult.

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#939

turgid

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The essay was turgid and difficult to read.
2. His turgid speech was full of long sentences.
3. The river became turgid after heavy rain.

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#940

turpitude

Noun

Example sentences

1. The trial revealed the official's moral turpitude.
2. The group expelled him for his turpitude.
3. The story explores greed and human turpitude.

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