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Tortuous:
MEANING: Full of twists and turns
SENTENCE: The route to Cairns from Brisbane in Australia is remote and
tortuous.
Tractable:
MEANING: Easily managed or controlled
SENTENCE: Emerging sequencing technologies can provide extra
information and make the computational problem more tractable.
Transgression:
MEANING: An act that goes against a law, rule, or code of
conduct; an offense.
SENTENCE: I'll be keeping an eye out for further transgressions from that
employee.
Trifling:
MEANING: Unimportant
SENTENCE: After he interrupted the teacher with some trifling matter,
the teacher resumed the class.
Truculence:
MEANING: Obstreperous and defiant aggression

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SENTENCE: The basketball team won through sheer truculence; there
were lots of fouls in the game.
Tumultuous:
MEANING: Troubled and disordered, turbulent
SENTENCE: The police presence ensured there was not a tumultuous
reaction to the extension of lockdown.

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Ubiquitous:
MEANING: Existing everywhere at the same time
SENTENCE: Facebook, Coca-Cola and Hollywood are ubiquitous
American inventions.
Umbrage:
MEANING: A feeling of anger caused by being offended
SENTENCE: I took umbrage at the suggestion that I was lazy, as I work
eight hours a day.
Underscore:
MEANING: To emphasize, call special attention to
SENTENCE: He underscored his points in the debate.
Unseemly
: MEANING: Indecent; inappropriate; unacceptable
SENTENCE: Heather’s uncle made unseemly suggestions to her friend
when they were alone.

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