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Surreptitious |
Sly; stealthy; done in a quiet or secret way |
The trouble started with surreptitious phone calls to both neighbors that each one surmised came from the other. |
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Susceptible |
Very sensitive; influenced or affected easily or by a specific trait; impressionable |
The absence of natural barriers made the province susceptible to invasion. |
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Sycophant |
One who tries to win favor or advance himself by flattering persons of influence; parasite; minion |
The supercilious tyrant surrounded himself with a band of sycophant. |
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Taciturn |
Laconic; uncommunicative; reticent |
Leonard's stammering, it is superfluous to say, had much to do with his being so taciturn among strangers. |
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Tactless |
Without skill in dealing with people; indiscreet (careless) |
One way to avoid making a tactless remark is to put yourself in the place of the listener. |
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Talon |
The claw of a bird of prey; grasps like a claw; clutch |
The hawk's talons closed on it prey, locking it in a vise-like grip. |
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Tangential |
Incidental; merely touching a subject, not dealing with it at length |
The matter of Eleanor's failure was mentioned at the dinner table only in a tangential way, but it hurt her deeply. |
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Tawdry |
Cheap; shabby; gaudy |
Isabella needed but on glance to rule out the wedding dress as too tawdry for her. |
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Tedious |
Tiresome; boring; long or verbose (wordy) and wearisome |
I prefer the fast-paced games of football and basketball to baseball with its tedious stretches of waiting for something to happen. |
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Temerity |
Reckless boldness; audacity; rashness |
Jack's temerity in constantly correcting his superiors cost him his job. |
