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18 Cards in this Set
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Tautological
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needlessly repitious
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Tedious
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boring; tiring
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Temper
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moderate; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel)
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Temperate
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restrained; self-controlled; moderate in respect to temperature
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Tempestuous
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Stormy; impassioned; violent
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Temporal
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not lasting forever; limited by time; secular
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Tenacity
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firmness; persistence
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Tentative
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hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not difinite or positive
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Tenuous
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thin; rare; slim
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Tepid
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lukewarm
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Terrestrial
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earthly (as opposed to celestial); pertaining to the land
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Terse
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concise; abrupt; pithy
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Threadbare
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worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor
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Thrifty
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careful about money; economical
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Thrive
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prosper; florish
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Timorous
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fearful; demonstrating fear
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Tirade
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extended scolding; denunciation; harangue
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Tome
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large volume
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