| Sr No. | Word | hindi | Meaning | Example |
| 3377 | tacit | निहित | understood; not put into words | We have a tacit agreement based
on only a handshake. |
| 3378 | taciturn | अल्पभाषी | habitually silent; talking a
little | New Englanders are reputedly
taciturn people. |
| 3379 | tactile | स्पर्शनीय | pertaining to the organs or
sense of touch | His callused hands had lost
their tactile sensitivity.
|
| 3380 | tainted | दागी | contaminated; corrupt | Health authorities are always
trying to prevent the sale and use of tainted food. |
| 3381 | talisman | तावीज़ | charm | She wore the talisman to ward
off evil. |
| 3382 | talon | कूपन | claw of bird | The falconer wore a leather
gauntlet to avoid being clawed by the hawk's talons. |
| 3383 | tangential | स्पज्या का | peripheral; only slightly
connected; digressing | Despite Clark's attempts to
distract her with tangential remarks, Lois kept on coming back to her main
question: why couldn't he come out to dinner with Superman and her? |
| 3384 | tangible | वास्तविक | able to be touched; real;
palpable | Although Tom did not own a
house, he had several tangible assets--a car, a television, a PC--that he
could sell if he needed cash. |
| 3385 | tanner | टान्नर | person who turns animal hides
into leather | Using a solution of tanbark, the
tanner treated the cowhide, transforming it into supple leather. |
| 3386 | tantalize | बहुत कष्ट पहुंचाना | tease; torture with
disappointment | Tom loved to tantalize his
younger brother with candy; he knew the boy was forbidden to have it. |
| 3387 | tantamount | समान | equal | Your ignoring their pathetic
condition is tantamount to the murder. |
| 3388 | tantrum | गुस्से का आवेश | fit of petulance; caprice | The child learned that he could
have almost anything if he went into tantrums. |
| 3389 | taper | घटना | candle | He lit the taper on the
windowsill. |
| 3390 | tarantula | टारेंटयुला | venomous spider | We need an antitoxin to
counteract the bite of the tarantula. |
| 3391 | tarry | बासना | delay; dawdle | We can't tarry if we want to get
to the airport on time. |
| 3392 | taut | तना हुआ | tight; ready | The captain maintained that he
ran a taut ship. |
| 3393 | tautological | अनुलापिक | needlessly repetitious | In the sentence "It was
visible to the eye," the phrase "to the eye" is tautological. |
| 3394 | tawdry | चमकी का | cheap and gaudy | He won a few tawdry trinkets in
Coney Island. |
| 3395 | taxonomist | वर्गीकरण | specialist in classifying
(animals, etc.) | Dental patterns often enable the
taxonomist to distinguish members of one rodent species from those of
another. |
| 3396 | tedium | विरक्ति | boredom; weariness | We hope this radio will help
overcome the tedium of your stay in the hospital. |
| 3397 | temerity | उतावलापन | boldness; rashness | Do you have the temerity to
argue with me? |
| 3398 | temper | स्वभाव | moderate; tone down or restrain;
toughen (steel) | Not even her supervisor's
grumpiness could temper Nancy's enthusiasm for her new job. |
| 3399 | temperament | स्वभाव | characteristic frame of mind;
disposition; emotional excess | Although the twins look alike,
they differ markedly in temperament: Tod is calm, but Rod is excitable. |
| 3400 | temperate | शीतोष्ण | restrained; self-controlled | Noted for his temperate
appetite, he seldom gained weight. |
| 3401 | tempo | गति | speed of music | I find the conductor's tempo too
slow for such a brilliant piece of music. |
| 3402 | temporal | लौकिक | not lasting forever; limited by
time; secular | At one time in our history,
temporal rulers assumed that they had been given their thrones by divine
right. |
| 3403 | temporize | temporize | avoid committing oneself; gain
time | I cannot permit you to temporize
any longer; I must have a definite answer today. |
| 3404 | tenacious | दृढ़ | holding fast | I had to struggle to break his
tenacious hold on my arm. |
| 3405 | tenacity | तप | firmness; persistency;
adhesiveness | It is extremely difficult to
overcome the tenacity of a habit such as smoking. |
| 3406 | tendentious | विवादास्पद | having an aim; biased; designed
to further a cause | The editorials in this
periodical are tendentious rather than truth-seeking. |
| 3407 | tender | निविदा | offer; extend | Although no formal changes had
been made against him, in the wake of the recent scandal the mayor felt he
should tender his resignation. |
| 3408 | tenet | सिद्धांत | doctrine; dogma | The agnostic did not accept the
tenets of their faith. |
| 3409 | tensile | लचीला | capable of being stretched | Mountain climbers must know the
tensile strength of their ropes. |
| 3410 | tentative | जांच का | provisional; experimental | Your tentative plans sound
plausible; let me know when the final details are worked out. |
| 3411 | tenuous | क्षुद्र | thin; rare; slim | The allegiance of our allies is
held by rather tenuous ties; let us hope they will remain loyal. |
| 3412 | tenure | कार्यकाल | holding of an office; time
during which such an office is held | He was permanent tenure in this
position and cannot be fired. |
| 3413 | tepid | थोड़े थोड़े गरम | lukewarm | During the summer, I like to
take a tepid bath, not a hot one. |
| 3414 | terminate | समाप्त | to bring to an end | When his contract was terminated
unexpectedly, he desperately needed a new job. |
| 3415 | terminology | शब्दावली | terms used in a science or art | The special terminology
developed by some authorities in the field has done more to confuse
laypersons than to enlighten them. |
| 3416 | terminus | अंतिम स्टेशन | last stop of railroad | After we reached the railroad
terminus, we continued our journey into the wilderness on saddle horses. |
| 3417 | terrestrial | लौकिक | on or relating to the earth | We have been able to explore the
terrestrial regions much more thoroughly than the aquatic or celestial
regions. |
| 3418 | terse | संक्षिप्त | concise; abrupt; pithy | I admire his terse style of
writing; he comes directly to the point. |
| 3419 | tertiary | तृतीयक | third | He is so thorough that he
analyzes tertiary causes where other writers are content with primary and
secondary reasons. |
| 3420 | tesselated | tesselated | inlaid; mosaic | I recall seeing a table with a
tesselated top of bits of stone and glass in a very interesting pattern. |
| 3421 | testator | वसीयत करनोवाला | maker of a will | The attorney called in his
secretary and his partner to witness the signature of the testator. |
| 3422 | testy | चिड़चिड़ा | irritable; short-tempered | My advice is to avoid discussing
this problem with him today as he is rather testy and may shout at you. |
| 3423 | tether | बांधने की रस्सी | tie with a rope | Before we went to sleep, we
tethered the horses to prevent their wandering off during the night. |
| 3424 | thematic | विषयगत | relating to a unifying motif or
idea | Those who think of Moby Dick as
a simple adventure story about whaling miss is underlying thematic import. |
| 3425 | theocracy | थेअक्रसी | government of a community by
religious leaders | Some Pilgrims favored the
establishment of a theocracy in New England. |
| 3426 | theoretical | सैद्धांतिक | not practical or applied;
hypothetical | Bob was better at applied
engineering and computer programming than he was at theoretical physics and
math. While I can still think of some theoretical objections to your plan,
you've convinced me of its basic soundness. |
| 3427 | therapeutic | चिकित्सीय | curative | Now better known for its
racetrack, Saratoga Springs first gained attention for the therapeutic
qualities of its famous "healing waters." |
| 3428 | thermal | थर्मल | pertaining to heat | The natives discovered that the
host springs gave excellent thermal baths and began to develop their
community as a health resort. |
| 3429 | thespian | नाटकीय | pertaining to drama | Her success in the school play
convinced her she was destined for a thespian career. |
| 3430 | thrall | ग़ुलाम | slave; bondage | The captured soldier was held in
thrall by the conquering army. |
| 3431 | thrifty | मितव्ययी | careful about money; economical | A thrifty shopper compares
prices before making major purchases. |
| 3432 | thrive | फलना | prosper; flourish | Despite the impact of recession
on the restaurant trade, Philip's cafe thrived. |
| 3433 | throes | throes | violent anguish | The throes of despair can be as
devastating as the spasms accompanying physical pain. |
| 3434 | throng | भीड़ | crowd | Throngs of shoppers jammed the
aisles. |
| 3435 | throttle | कुचलना | strangle | The criminal tried to throttle
the old man with his bare hands. |
| 3436 | thwart | विफल | baffle; frustrate | He felt that everyone was trying
to thwart his plans and prevent his success. |
| 3437 | tightwad | कंजूस | excessively frugal person; miser | Jill called Jack a tightwad
because he never picked up the check. |
| 3438 | tilter | tilter | handle used to move the boat's
rudder (to steer) | Fearing the wind might shift
suddenly and capsize the skiff, Tom kept one hand on the tilter at all times. |
| 3439 | timbre | लय | quality of a musical tone
produced by a musical instrument | We identify the instrument
producing a musical sound by its timbre. |
| 3440 | timid | डरपोक | easily frightened; apprehensive | He was timid and cowardish;
always backing up at daunting situations. |
| 3441 | timidity | कातरता | lack of self-confidence or
courage | If you are to succeed as a
salesperson, you must first lose your timidity and fear of failure. |
| 3442 | timorous | कातर | fearful; demonstrating fear | His timorous manner betrayed the
fear he felt at the moment. |
| 3443 | tipple | पेय | drink (alcoholic beverages)
frequently | He found that his most enjoyable
evenings occurred when he tippled with his friends at the local pub. |
| 3444 | tirade | टाइरैड | extended scolding; denunciation | Long before he had finished his
tirade, we were sufficiently aware of the seriousness of our misconduct. |
| 3445 | titanic | विशाल | gigantic | titanic waves beat aginst the
shore during the hurricane. |
| 3446 | tithe | दसवां भाग | tax of one-tenth | Because he was an agnostic, he
refused to pay his tithes to the clergy. |
| 3447 | titillate | गुदगुदाना | tickle | I am here not to titillate my
audience but to enlighten it. |
| 3448 | title | शीर्षक | right or claim to possession;
mark of rank; name (of a book, film, etc.) | Though the penniless Duke of
Ragwort no longer held title to the family estate, he still retained his
title as head of one of England's oldest families. |
| 3449 | titter | मुंह दबाकर हंसना | nervous laugh | Her aunt's constant titter
nearly drove her mad. |
| 3450 | titular | नाममात्र का | having the title of an office
without the obligations | Although he was the titular head
of the company, the real decisions were made by his general manager. |
| 3451 | toady | चापलूस | servile flatterer; yes man | Never tell the boss anything he
doesn't wish to hear: he doesn't want an independent adviser, he just wants a
toady. |
| 3452 | toga | टोगा | Roman outer robe | Marc Antony pointed to the
slashes in Caesar's toga. |
| 3453 | toil | कड़ी मेहनत | work laboriously; make slow
painful progress | You must toil through 3500 words
list in order to achieve a high score on GRE. |
| 3454 | tome | मुझसे | large volume | He spent much time in the
libraries poring over ancient tomes. |
| 3455 | tonic | टॉनिक | invigorating medicine | The tonic water invigorated her,
contrary to the enervating effect of the alcohol. |
| 3456 | tonsure | मुंडन | shaving of the head, especially
by person entering religious orders | His tonsure, even more than his
monastic garb, indicated that he was a member of the religious order. |
| 3457 | topography | तलरूप | physical features of a region | Before the generals gave the
order to attack, they ordered a complete study of the topography of the
region. |
| 3458 | torpor | सो हो जाना | lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy | Nothing seemed to arouse him
from his torpor; he had wholly surrendered himself to lethargy. |
| 3459 | torque | टोक़ | twisting force; force producing
rotation | With her wrench she applied
sufficient torque to the nut the loosen it. |
| 3460 | torrent | धार | rushing stream; flood | Day after day of heavy rain
saturated the hillside until the water ran downhill in torrents. |
| 3461 | torso | धड़ | trunk of statue with head and
limbs missing; human trunk | This torso, found in the ruins
of Pompeii, is now on exhibition in the museum in Naples. |
| 3462 | tortuous | कपटपूर्ण | winding; full of curves | Because this road is so
tortuous, it is unwise to go faster than twenty miles an hour on it. |
| 3463 | touchstone | कसौटी | stone used to test the fineness
of gold alloys; criterion | What touchstone can be used to
measure the character of a person? |
| 3464 | touchy | चिड़चिड़ा | sensitive; irascible | Do not discuss this phase of the
problem as he is very touchy about it. |
| 3465 | tout | टाउट | publicize; praise excessively | I lost confidence in my broker
after he touted some junk bonds that turned out to be a bad investment. |
| 3466 | toxic | विषैला | poisonous | We must seek an antidote for
whatever toxic substance he has eaten. |
| 3467 | tract | प्रणाली | pamphlet; a region of indefinite
size | The King granted William Penn a
tract of land in the New World. |
| 3468 | tractable | विनयशील | docile | You will find the children in
this school very tractable and willing to learn. |
| 3469 | traduce | बदनाम करना | expose to slander | His opponents tried to traduce
the candidate's reputation by spreading rumors about his past. |
| 3470 | trajectory | प्रक्षेपवक्र | path taken by a projectile | The police tried to locate the
spot from which the assassin had fired the fatal shot by tracing the
trajectory of the bullet. |
| 3471 | tranquillity | शांति | calmness; peace | After the commotion and
excitement of the city, I appreciate the tranquillity of these fields and
forests. |
| 3472 | transcend | पार | exceed; surpass | This accomplishment transcends
all our previous efforts. |
| 3473 | transcribe | टाइप करना | copy | When you transcribe your notes,
please send a copy to Mr.Smith and keep the original for our files. |
| 3474 | transgression | पाप | violation of a law; sin | Forgive us our transgressions;
we know not what we do. |
| 3475 | transient | क्षणिक | momentary; temporary; staying
for a short time | Lexy's joy at finding the
perfect Christmas gift for Phil was transient; she still had to find presents
for the cousins and Uncle Bob. Located near the airport, this hotel caters to
the largely transient trade. |
| 3476 | transition | संक्रमण | going from one state of action
to another | During the period of transition
from oil heat to gas heat, the furnace will have to be shut off. |
| 3477 | transitoriness | transitoriness | impermanence | Conscious that all things pass,
the psalmist relates the transitoriness of happiness and fame. |
| 3478 | translucent | पारदर्शी | partly transparent | We could not recognize the
people in the next room because of the translucent curtains that separated
us. |
| 3479 | transmute | परिणत करना | change; convert to something
different | He was unable to transmute his
dreams into actualities. |
| 3480 | transparent | पारदर्शक | permitting to light to pass
through freely; easily detected | Your scheme is so transparent
that it will fool no one. |
| 3481 | transpire | भाप बनकर उड़ जाना | be revealed; happen | When Austen writes the sentence
"It had just transpired that he had left gaming debts behind him,"
her meaning is not that the debts had just been incurred, but the the
shocking news had just leaked out. |
| 3482 | transport | ट्रांसपोर्ट | strong emotion | Margo was a creature of
extremes, at one moment in transports of joy over a vivid sunset, at another
moment in transports of grief over a dying bird. |
| 3483 | trappings | साज-सामान | outward decorations; ornaments | He loved the trappings of
success: the limousines, the stock options, the company jet. |
| 3484 | traumatic | दर्दनाक | pertaining to an injury caused
by violence | In his nightmares, he kept on
recalling the traumatic experience of being wounded in battle. |
| 3485 | travail | जनने | painful labor | How long do you think a man can
endure such travail and degradation without rebelling? |
| 3486 | traverse | पार करना | go through or across | When you traverse this field, be
careful of the bull. |
| 3487 | travesty | भड़ौआ | comical parody; treatment aimed
at making something appear ridiculous | The ridiculous decision the jury
has arrived at is a travesty of justice. |
| 3488 | treatise | निबंध | article treating a subject
systematically and thoroughly | He is preparing a treatise on
the Elizabethan playwrights for his graduate degree. |
| 3489 | trek | यात्रा | travel; journey | The tribe made their trek
further north that summer in search of game. |
| 3490 | tremor | भूकंप के झटके | trembling; slight quiver | She had a nervous tremor in her
right hand. |
| 3491 | tremulous | डरपोक | trembling; wavering | She was tremulous more from
excitement than from fear. |
| 3492 | trenchant | तल्खी | cutting; keen | I am afraid of his trenchant wit
for it is so often sarcastic. |
| 3493 | trepidation | घबराहट | fear; trembling agitation | We must face the enemy without
trepidation if we are to win this battle. |
| 3494 | tribulation | क्लेश | distress; suffering | After all the trials and
tribulations we have gone through, we need this rest. |
| 3495 | tribunal | न्यायाधिकरण | court of justice | The decision of the tribunal was
final and the prisoner was sentenced to death. |
| 3496 | tribute | शुक्रिया | tax levied by a ruler; mark of
respect | The colonists refused to pay
tribute to a foreign despot. |
| 3497 | trident | त्रिशूल | three-pronged spear | Neptune is usually depicted as
rising from the sea, carrying his trident on his shoulder. |
| 3498 | trigger | ट्रिगर | set off | John is touchy today; say one
word wrong and you'll trigger an explosion. |
| 3499 | trilogy | त्रयी | group of three works | Romain Rolland's novel Jean
Christophe was first published as a trilogy. |
| 3500 | trinket | trinket | knickknack; bauble | Whenever she traveled abroad,
Ethel would pick up costume jewelry and other trinkets as souvenirs. |
| 3501 | trite | घिसे-पिटे | hackneyed; commonplace | Thr trite and predictable
situations in many television programs alienate many viewers. |
| 3502 | trivia | सामान्य ज्ञान | trifles; unimportant matters | Too many magazines ignore
newsworthy subjects and feature trivia. |
| 3503 | troth | troth | pledge of good faith especially
in betrothal | He gave her his troth and vowed
to cherish her always. |
| 3504 | trough | गर्त | container for feeding farm
animals; lowest point (of a wave, business cycle, etc.) | The hungry pigs struggled to get
at the fresh swill in the trough. The surfer rode her board, coasting along
in the trough between two waves. |
| 3505 | truculence | निर्दयता | agressiveness; ferocity | Tynan's reviews were noted for
their caustic attacks and general tone of truculence. |
| 3506 | truism | truism | self-evident truth | Many a truism is well expressed
in a proverb. |
| 3507 | truncate | काटना | cut the top off | The top of the cone that has
been truncated in a plane parallel to its base is a circle. |
| 3508 | tryst | वास्ता | meeting | The lovers kept their tryst even
though they realized their danger. |
| 3509 | tumid | सुजे हुए | swollen; pompous; bombastic | I especially dislike his tumid
style; I prefer writing which is less swollen and bombastic. |
| 3510 | tumult | कोलाहल | commotion; riot; noise | She could not make herself heard
over the tumult of the mob. |
| 3511 | tundra | टुंड्रा | rolling, treeless plain in
Siberia and arctic North America | Despite the cold, many
geologists are trying to discover valuable mineral deposits in the tundra. |
| 3512 | turbid | पंकिल | muddy; having the sediment
disturbed | The water was turbid after the
children had waded through it. |
| 3513 | turbulence | अशांति | state of violent agitation | We were frightened by the
turbulence of the ocean during the storm. |
| 3514 | tureen | tureen | deep dish for serving soup | The waiters brought the soup to
the tables in silver tureens. |
| 3515 | turgid | सूजा हुआ | swollen; distended | The turgid river threatened to
overflow the levees and flood the contryside. |
| 3516 | turmoil | उथल-पुथल | confusion; strife | Conscious he had sinned, he was
in a state of spiritual turmoil. |
| 3517 | turncoat | संक्रांति काल में | traitor | The British considered Benedict
Arnold a loyalist; the Americans considered him a turncoat. |
| 3518 | turpitude | अधमता | depravity | A visitor may be denied
admittance to this country if she has been guilty of moral turpitude. |
| 3519 | tutelage | संरक्षण | guardianship; training | Under the tutelage of such
masters of the instrument, she made rapid progress as a virtuoso. |
| 3520 | tutelary | tutelary | protective; pertaining to a
guardianship | I am acting in my tutelary
capacity when I refuse to grant you permission to leave the campus. |
| 3521 | tycoon | टाइकून | wealthy leader | John D. Rockefeller was a
prominent tycoon. |
| 3522 | tyranny | उत्पीड़न | oppression; cruel government | Frederick Douglass fought
against the tyranny of slavery throughout his entire life. |
| 3523 | tyro | नौसिखिए | beginner; novice | For a mere tyro, you have
produced some marvelous results. |
