tacks

short nails

tax

percent of earnings paid to the government

tail

hindmost animal appendage

tale

story

take

(see bring)

tare

allowance for the weight of packaging

tear (verb)

rip, pull apart

taught

past tense of teach

taut

tightly stretched

tea

a beverage

tee

a peg from which a golf ball is hit

team

group playing on the same side in a game

teem

swarm

tear (noun)

salt water coming from eyes when sad (pronounced like ear)

tier

a row or layer

tense

nervous strain

tents

portable shelters used for camping

than

used for comparison

then

indicates time, answers when

their

possessive pronoun

there

location

they're

contraction for they are

threw

past tense of throw

through

in one end and out the other

throes

agonizing struggles

throws

tosses, hurls

throne

royal seat or office

thrown

was tossed

thyme

herb of the mint family

time

past, present, future sequences of events

ticks

parasites; sounds of a clock

tics

facial twitches

tide

ebb and flow of the ocean

tied

past tense of tie

to

in the direction of, toward; used with the infinitive form of verbs (to go, to run, to hit)

too

also, to an extensive degree

Example: It is too hot to jog.

two

the number after one

toad

similar to a frog

toed

having a toe

towed

pulled, hauled

told

said

tolled

sounded a bell

tort

a breach of contract

torte

a rich cake made with little or no flour

tracked

followed

tract

an extended area of land; a political or religious pamphlet

troop

a body of soldiers

troupe

a group of traveling performers