4000 CPE Vocabulary List

tableau:
n. striking and vivid representation; picture

tableland:
n. hill; relatively flat highland

tacit:
a. indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent

taciturn:
a. silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse

tactile:
a. used for feeling; relating to a sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible

tadpole:
n. a larval frog or toad

talon:
n. claw of a bird of prey; part of the lock that key presses to shoot bolt

tangential:
a. peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing

tantalize:
v. tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied

tantamount:
a. equivalent in effect or value

taper:
v. give light as a small wax candle; narrow toward the point; become small toward one end

tapestry:
n. a heavy textile with a woven design

tardy:
a. late; delayed; moving slowly

tariff:
n. tax on goods coming into a country

tarry:
v. delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait

tattered:
a. torn into shreds; ragged; having ragged clothes; disordered or disrupted

taut:
a. pulled or drawn tight; kept in trim shape; neat and tidy

tautological:
a. needlessly repetitious; using repetition or excessive wordiness

tautology:
n. unnecessary repetition, especially for the same sense in different words; redundancy

tavern:
n. building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks