| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| teaser | a tricky question or problem |
| teem | to be aboundant; to be full to overflowing as when a river teems with fish |
| teeth | more than one tooth |
| telegram | a short message which you give to the post office to send by telegraph |
| telegraph | a way to send messages quickly by electricity |
| telephone | an instrument that carries your voice through electric wires so that you can speak to someone far away |
| telescope | an instrument like a tube that you look through to see things that are far away, like the stars |
| television | an instrument that brings pictures and sound through the air from far away |
| tell | to give news or say what you know about something |
| temper | the mood you are in. You can be in a bad temper and be cross with everyone, o in a good temper when you are nice to be with |
| temperatate | moderate, calm, cool, measured, sober |
| temperature | how hot or cold something is. It is measured in degrees |
| tempest | a violent storm with a very strong wind |
| temple | a building in which people pray and worship |
| tempo | how fast or slow a piece of music has to be played |
| tempt | to try to persuade someone to do something which he ought not to do |
| tend | to conduce, attend, guard, take care of |
| tender | soft; delicate. The same word also means gentle and loving |
| tenement | an adobe, a habitation, a block of buildings |
| tennis | a game played by two of four people. They use rackets to hit a ball back and forth over a net |
| tent | a shelter made of a thick piece of cloth held up by strong sticks. you can camp out of doors under it |
| tepid | lukewarm |
| term | a length of time. The school year is divided into three terms, with holidays between |
| terminus | the place where buses, trains or aeroplanes and their journeys |
| terrace | a raised flat area of earth: a row of houses joined together |
| terrible | dreadful, awful |
| terrier | a kind of small dog |
| terrific | fearful, alarming. The same word can also be used to mean very great |
| terrify | to frighten someone very greatly |
| terror | to frighten someone very greatly |
| terror | very great fear |
| test | an examination to find our how much someone knows. The same word also means to find out whether something such as a car or a machine is working properly |
| tether | to tie an animal with a rope or chain so that it can walk around a bit, but cannot get away |
| textile | woven, a fabric made by weaving |
| texture | a web; That which is woven, a fabric |
| thankful | grateful; pleased |
| thatch | a roof or covering of straw or reeds |
| theatre | a building where plays are acted |
| theft | the act of stealing |
| therefore | for that reason |
| thermometer | an instrument for measuring how hot or cold something is |
| thick | wide or deep; the opposite of thin |
| thicket | shrubs and trees growing closely together |
| thief | someone who steals |
| thigh | the thick part of your leg above the knee |
| thimble | a metal or plastic cover for the top of your finger. It keeps the needle from hurting you when you are sewing |
| thin | not wide or fat; the opposite of thick |
| thing | an object which is not named |
| think | to use your mind to help you do things better: to have ideas |
| third | next after second; one of three |
Examples of back formation
1.Baby-sit (baby-sitter)
2.Gyre (gyroscope)
3.Edit (editor)