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16 Cards in this Set
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Surreptitious
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adj: sly; stealthy; done in a quiet or secret way
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Susceptible
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adj: very sensitive; capable of being acted upon, influenced, or affected by a specific trait
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Sycophant
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noun: one who tries to win favor or advance himself by flattering persons of influence; a servile self-seeker
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Taciturn
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adj: habitually untalkative; laconic; uncommunicative
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Tactless
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adj: not having or showing a sense of the right thing to do or say without causing anger or hurt feelings; without skill in dealing with people
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Talon
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noun: the claw of a bird of prey; a human finger or hand that looks or grasps like a claw; any object suggestive of a heel or claw
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Tangential
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adj: diverging or digressing; merely touching a subject, not dealing with it at length
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Tawdry
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adj: gaudy and cheap; vulgarly ornamental
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Tedious
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adj: long or verbose and wearisome; tiresome; boring
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Temerity
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noun: rashness; foolish or reckless boldness
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Tautological
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adj: redundant, circular, repetitive
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Tenable
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adj: reasonable, defensible (as in a position in an argument)
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Tenacious
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adj: strong, tough; not easily pulled apart; persistent
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Tenuous
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adj: weak; flimsy; thin
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Termagant
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noun: an overbearing woman; a nag; a shrew
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Tesselated
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adj: having a checkered appearance; adorned with a mosaic
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