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uncouth
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outlandishl clumsy; boorish. MOst biographers portray Lincoln as an uncouth and ungainly young man.
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unconscionable
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unscrupulous; excessive. She found the loan shark's demands unconscionable and impossible to meet.
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uncanny
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strange; mysterious. You have the uncanny knack of reading my innermost thoughts.
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unbridled
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violent. She had a sudden fit of unbridled rage
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assuaged
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satisfied; not soothed. Her anger is unassuaged by your apology.
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unassailable
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not subject to question; not open to attack. Penelope's virtue was unassailable; whie she waited for her husband to come back from the war, no other guy had a chance.
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unaccountable
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unreasonable, inexplicable; or mysterious. I have taken an unaccountable dislike to my doctor; "I do not love thee, Doctor Fell. The reason why, i cannot tell.
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umbrage
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resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult. She took umbrage at his remarks and stormed away in a huff.
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ultimate
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final; not susceptible to further analysis. Scientists are searching for the ultimate truths.
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ulterior
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situated beyond; unstated and often questionable. You must have an ulterior motive for your behavior, since there is no obvious reason for it.
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ubiquitous
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being everywhere; ominipresent. That Christmas "The Little Drummer Boy' seemed ubiquitous; Justin heard the tune everywhere he went.
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tyro
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beginner; novice. For a mere tyro, you have produced some marvelous results.
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tyranny
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oppression; cruel governement. Frederick Douglass fought against the tyranny of slavery throughout his entire life.
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typhoon
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hurricane
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tycoon
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wealthy leader. John D. Rockefeller was a prominent tycoon
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tutelary
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protective; pertaining to a guardianship. I am acting in my tutelary capacity when I refuse to grant you permission to leave the campus
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tutelage
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guardianship; training. Under the tutelage ofsuch masters of the instrument, she made rapid progress as a virtuoso.
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turpitude
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depravity. A visitor may be denied admittance to this country is she has been guilty of moral turpitude.
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turncoat
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traitor, spy. The British considered Benedict Arnold a loyalist; the Americans considered him a turncoat.
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turmoil
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great commotion and confusion. Lydia runing off with a soldier! Mother fainitng at the new! The Bennet household was in turmoil.
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turgid
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swollen; distended. The turgid river threatened to overflow the levees and flood the countryside.
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tureen
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deep dish for serving soup. The waiters brought the soup to the tables in silver tureens.
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turbulence
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state of violent agitation. Warned of approaching turbulence in the atmosphere, the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
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turbid
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muddy; having the sediment disturbed. The water was turbid after the children had waded through it.
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tundra
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rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America. Despite the cold, many geologists are trying to discover valuable mineral deposits in the tundra.
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tumult
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commotion; riot noise. She could not make herself heard over the tumult of the mob.
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tumid
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swollen; pompous; bombastic. I especially dislike his tumid style; I prefer writing that is less swollen and bombastic.
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tryst
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meeting. The lovers kept their tryst even though they realized their danger.
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truncate
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cut the top off. The top of the cone that aas been truncated in a plane parallel to its base is a circle.
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truism
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self-evident truth. Many a truism is summed up in a proverb; for example, "Marry in haste, repent at leisure."
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