Webster Essential Vocabulary

tradition(truh DISH in) n. 1. a custom, belief, proverb, or story handed down
orally from generation to generation; 2. the act of handing down same; 3. long
established practices; precedent; 4. a historic line of principles, attitudes, or codes of
behavior

• The story of the Trojan War had been Greek traditionfor hundreds of years
  before Homer wrote it down in The Iliad.


• Traditionwas often entrusted to minstrels, who were singing storytellers
  and entertainers.


• The Thanksgiving turkey dinner is an American tradition.


• Bushido is the Japanese traditionof behavior passed down by the samurai
  warriors.
  trait (TRAYT) n. 1. a distinguishing characteristic or quality; 2. character; 3. a
  quality of personality


• A palamino horse is distinguishable from all others by the traitof its golden
  skin color.


• Nose shape is a traitthat differs less among people than among dogs.


• Honesty is a desirable trait,often lacking in used-car salespersons.
  [Syn. quality]
  tranquillity* (tran KWIL i tee) n. the quality or state of peacefulness; calmness;
  serenity


• A pastoral scene is one noted for its apparent tranquillity.


• Of course, the artist never portrays the cougar waiting behind the rock to
  disrupt the tranquillityof the grazing flock.

Quick Review #81.

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

T: SAT Words 227

1. therapeutic


2. thorough


3. throng


4. timorous


5. tolerate


6. tome


7. torpid


8. tourniquet


9. tractable


10. tradition


11. trait


12. tranquillity

a. peacefulness

b. bear

c. precedent

d. pressure bandage

e. apathetic

f. quality

g. obedient

h. multitude

i. curative

j. encyclopedia

k. accurate

l. afraid