| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 593 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| threat | noun | They are a threat to the country. | danger |
| threaten | verb | This threatens our very lives. | imperils |
| verb | They threaten us with guns. | menaced | |
| three | adj. | She had three sons. | 3 |
| thresh | verb | We shall thresh the grain today. | harvest |
| threshold | noun | We are on the threshold of space. | doorway |
| noun | She left her shoes on the threshold. | entrance way | |
| thrifty | adj. | He was a thrifty old man. | economical |
| thrill | noun | We experienced the thrill of victory. | excitement |
| thrive | verb | Those plants thrive on that soil. | flourish |
| throat | noun | She had a sore throat from talking. | gullet |
| throng | noun | They were a great throng. | crowd |
| verb | They thronged around her. | crowded | |