PTE Word List for Academic
PTE for Academic Words
- PTE Word List for Academic (A B)
- PTE Word List for Academic (C)
- PTE Word List for Academic (D)
- PTE Word List for Academic (E)
- PTE Word List for Academic (F G)
- PTE Word List for Academic (H I)
- PTE Word List for Academic (J K L M)
- PTE Word List for Academic (N O)
- PTE Word List for Academic (P Q)
- PTE Word List for Academic (R)
- PTE Word List for Academic (S)
- PTE Word List for Academic (T)
- PTE Word List for Academic (U V W Y Z)
Group (T) - Matching Quizzes
taboo 
1
 | ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition |
| popular taste; general direction in which something tends to move |
| make steady progress; prosper; flourish |
| canal; deep furrow or ditch; long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor |
tame
2
| popular taste; general direction in which something tends to move |
| pertaining to territory or land; limited to a certain district |
| ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition |
| domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften |
tedious
3
| tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly |
| uniting or knitting together confusedly; knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged |
| interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly |
| a small flat compressed cake of some substance; a dose of medicine; simplified computer with only screen |
temperament
4
| electronic systems used in transmitting messages |
| person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry |
| capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process |
| one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country |
terminate
5
| shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder |
| stop; bring to an end or halt |
| melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze |
| a small flat compressed cake of some substance; a dose of medicine; simplified computer with only screen |
territorial
6
| pertaining to territory or land; limited to a certain district |
| clip; cut down to the desired size or shape |
| a small flat compressed cake of some substance; a dose of medicine; simplified computer with only screen |
| possession or occupancy of lands, buildings, or other property under a lease; temporary possession of what belongs to another |
thaw
7
| go through or across, often under difficult conditions |
| melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze |
| relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat |
| apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball |
thermostat
8
| device, as in a home heating system, a refrigerator, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes |
| periodic rise and fall of the sea level |
| plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end |
| earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land |
tide
9
| flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip |
| go through or across, often under difficult conditions |
| act of transmitting; automotive assembly of gears; sending of a signal |
| periodic rise and fall of the sea level |
tonic
10
| something producing physical, mental, or emotional vigor |
| possession or occupancy of lands, buildings, or other property under a lease; temporary possession of what belongs to another |
| apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball |
| flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; short length of pipe made of clay or concrete, used in sewers and drains |