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5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 308 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| tug | verb | We tugged on the rope. | pulled |
| tuition | noun | The tuition is $5000 a semester. | instruction fee |
| tumble | noun | He took a tumble at the door. | fall |
| verb | She tumbled off of the chair. | fell | |
| tune | noun | She was humming a favorite tune. | melody |
| noun | He was in tune with the times. | harmony | |
| verb | We need to tune the economy. | adjust | |
| tunnel | noun | The tunnel went through the mountain. | hole |
| turbine | noun | The wind turbine generated electricity. | engine type |
| turkey | noun | Americans eat turkey for Thanksgiving. | type of fowl |
| turn | noun | It is now your turn. | chance |
| noun | There is a sharp turn in the road. | curve | |
| noun | There was a sharp turn in the economy. | shift | |
| verb | You must turn the knob. | go to next | |
| verb | You should now turn the page. | reverse | |
| verb | She turned into a good employee. | evolved | |
| tutor | noun | The tutor helped him learn faster. | instructor |
| verb | He was tutored in English. | coached | |
| twelfth | adj. | It was the twelfth day of rain. | ordinal 12 |
| twelve | adj. | Twelve men decided his fate. | 12 |
| twentieth | adj. | He was the twentieth man to quit. | ordinal 20 |
| twenty | adj. | We have had twenty days of frost. | 20 |
| twice | adv. | He went twice to the movie this week. | two times |
| twilight | noun | The city looked pretty in the twilight. | just after sunset |
| noun | He was in the twilight of his career. | towards the end | |
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