Webster Essential Vocabulary

Quick Review #80.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

T: SAT Words 225

1. talisman


2. tangential


3. temerity


4. temperament


5. temperance


6. tenacious


7. tendency


8. tentative


9. tenuous


10. testimony


11. tether


12. theoretical

a. disposition

b. evidence

c. stubborn

d. uncertain

e. tie

f. audacity

g. inconclusive

h. speculative

i. amulet

j. moderation

k. drift

l. diverging

therapeutic (THE ri PYOO tik) adj.working to heal or cure; curative

• Walking is considered to be therapeuticfor a sore leg, but how that can be
  beats me.


• Professionals disagree over whether an ice pack or a heat pack is more
  therapeuticfor a sore back.
  [-al adj., -ly adv.]
  thorough(THOER oh) adj. 1. complete; omitting nothing; 2. absolute; very
  exact; accurate; 3. paying careful attention to details


• Yolanda gave a thoroughaccounting of her encounter with the hijacker,
  taking care to omit no detail.


• The doctor gave Edwin a thoroughexamination, including an
  electrocardiogram.


• The counterfeiter did a thoroughjob of copying the design for the $50 bill.
  [-ly adv.]
  throng(THRAHNG) n. 1. a great number of people gathered together; a crowd;

2. a mass of things; multitude —vt. to crowd together

• The happy thronggathered for New Year’s Eve in Times Square.
  •A throngof fruit flies massed around the cut peach, looking to grab a tasty
  meal.


• The passengers throngedtogether, hoping to get a seat on the next bus.
  [-ed, -ing] [Syn. crowd]