GRE常考动词(二十五)
tribulation :: distress; suffering tribunal :: court of justice tribute :: tax levied by a ruler; mark of respect trident :: three-pronged spear trilogy :: group of three works triolet :: eight-line stanza troglodyte :: cave dweller trope :: figure of speech troth :: pledge of good faith especially in betrothal truism :: self-evident truth trumpery :: objects that are showy, valueless, deceptive tryst :: meeting tumbrel :: a farm tipcart tundra :: rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America turbulence :: state of violent agitation tureen :: deep table dish for holding soup turnkey :: jailer turpitude :: depravity tutelage :: guardianship; training tyro :: beginner; novice ukase :: official decree, usually Russian ultimatum :: last demand; warning umbrage :: resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult unanimity :: complete agreement unction :: the act of anointing with oil unguent :: ointment unison :: unity of pitch; complete accord usufruct :: right of enjoying things belonging to another usurpation :: act of seizing power and rank of another usury :: lending money at illegal rates of interest utopia :: imaginary land with perfect social and political system vacillation :: fluctuation; wavering vagary :: caprice; whim valance :: short drapery hanging above window frame valetudinarian :: invalid vampire :: ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living vanguard :: forerunners; advance forces vantage :: position giving an advantage vassal :: in feudalism, one who held land of a superior lord vellum :: parchment vendetta :: feud; private warfare veneer :: thin layer; cover |