gly, snarled, intricate,
involved.
tank, n. reservoir, vat.
tantalize, v. torment, plague, vex, disappoint.
tap, n. stopper, plug, spigot, spile, faucet.
tap, v. broach.
tape needle. bodkin.
tapering, a. conical, taper, pyramidal, fusiform.
tapeworms, n. pl. taenia. Associated Words: taeniafuge, taeniacide,
taenioid, taeniid, proglottis, segment, cysticercus, cestode, measles.
tardy, a. slow, sluggish; dilatory, reluctant, behindhand, late.
Antonyms: punctual, prompt.
tarnish, v. dim, sully, besmirch, blacken, deface.
task, n. work, labor, assignment, stint; study, lesson, exercise.
taste, n. tasting gustation, degustation; flavor, savor, tang, race,
relish, _gout_, saporosity, sapor, gusto, gust, sapidity; liking,
fondness, appetite, appetency; tincture, infusion, dash, _soupcon_;
discernment, discrimination; foretaste, prelibation. Antonyms:
dowdiness, tawdriness, distaste vulgarity. Associated Words: gustatory,
saporific.
tasteful, a. palatable, savory, relishable, toothsome, gustable,
delicious.
tasteless, a. insipid, flat, unpalatable, vapid.
tastelessness, n. insipidity, vapidity.
tasty, a. tasteful, neat. Antonyms: dowdy, tawdry, meretricious,
inartistic.
tattle, v. tell, divulge, blab, peach.
tattler, n. tale-bearer, gossip, quidnunc, news-monger, busybody.
taunt, v. ridicule, deride, mock, reproach, revile, jeer twit, gibe.
taunt, n. ridicule, derision, jeer, reproach, gibe, quip, quirk.
taunting, a. reviling, derisive, jeering, sarcastic.
tawdry, a. gaudy, meretricious, showy, flashy, inelegant.
tax, n. assessment, toll, excise, levy, tribute, custom, duty,
impost; capitation, poll-tax; charge, exaction.
tax, v. assess; exact, demand, task.
taxable, a. assessable.
tea, n. Associated Words: theine, thea, theism, samovar, caddy,
theiform, mate, canister, cabaret, tannin.
teach, v. instruct, inform, educate, discipline, train, indoctrinate,
school, enlighten, drill, tutor, instill, inculcate, coach.
teachable, a. docile, tractable, apt, bright.
teacher, n. instructor, tutor, master, pedagogue, preceptor,
preceptress, governess, coach, usher, mentor; pl. faculty.
teaching, n. instruction, education, breeding, enlightenment,
inculcation, tuition, tutoring, indoctrination. Associated Words:
pedagogy, pedagogics, didactics, paideutics, propaedeutics, didactic,
instructive, propaedeutic, paedeutic, pedagogic, pedagogism, didacticism.
team, n. span,
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