tacit: understood, implied taciturn: silent, reserved tangible: real, able to be touched taut: tight, firm tawdry: gaudy, cheap temerity: rashness, bold temporal: limited by time, doesn't last forever tenuous: slim, fragile tepid: lukewarm throng: crowd, swarm thwart: frustrate, prevent timorous: fearful, having fear titillate: tickle torpor: dormancy, inactivity tout: publicize, advertise | tractable: easily managed, docile, obedient transcendent: exceeding ordinary limits, superior transient: temporary, momentary traverse: go through or across travesty: parody trepidation: nervous apprehension, fear tribulation: distress, suffering trifling: unimportant, trivial trough: lowest point truculence: aggressiveness, ferocity tumid: pompous, swollen, bombastic turbid: murky, cloudy, muddy turgid: swollen, pompous |