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T — Tense to Theology (Part 5 of 11)

Terrific, a. Frightful, tremendous, fearful, dreadful, formidable, terrible.

Terrify, v. a. Frighten, fright, affright, alarm, scare, horrify, appall, daunt, strike with terror, petrify with terror, shock, dismay.

Territory, n. Country, domain, district, quarter, province, land.

Terror, n.

    1. Consternation, fright, alarm, affright, panic, horror, dismay, intimidation, terrorism, great fear, extreme dread.
    2. Cause of fear.

Terrorism, n.

    1. Government by terror.
    2. State of terror, reign of terror.

Terse, a. Concise (with elegance), brief, compact, neat, pithy, sententious, succinct, free from superfluity, polished, smooth.

Tertium quid. [L.] A third something.

Terzetto. [It.] Trio.

Tessellated, a. Checkered, inlaid, mosaic.

Test, n.

    1. Experiment, trial, proof, ordeal.
    2. Criterion, standard, touchstone.
    3. Proof, exhibition, example.
    4. Discriminative characteristic, ground of admission or exclusion.
    5. Judgment, distinction, discrimination.
    6. (Chem.) Reagent.