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69 Cards in this Set
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tantrum
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fit of petulance, caprice
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taper
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candle
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tarantula
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venomous spider
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tarry
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delay, dawdle
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tatty
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worn and shabby, bedraggled
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taut
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tight, ready
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tautological
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needlessly repetitious
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tawdry
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cheap and gaudy
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taxonomist
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specialist in classifying (animals etc.)
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tedium
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boredom, weariness
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teetotalism
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practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks
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temerity
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boldness, rashness
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temper
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moderate, tone down or restrain, toughen (steel)
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temperament
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characteristic frame of mind, disposition, emotional excess
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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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tempo
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speed of music
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temporal
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not lasting forever, limited by time, secular
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temporize
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act evasively to gain time, avoid committing oneself
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tenacious
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holding fast
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tenacity
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firmness, persistence
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tendentious
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having an aim, biased, designed to further a cause
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tender
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offer, extend
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tenet
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doctrine, dogma
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tensile
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capable of being stretched
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tentative
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hesitant, not fully worked out or developed, experimental, not definite or positive
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tenuous
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thin, rare, slim
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tenure
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hoding of an office, time during which such an office is held
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tepid
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lukewarm
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termination
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end
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terminology
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terms used in a science or art
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terminus
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last stop of railroad
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terrestrial
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on or relating to earth
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terse
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concise, abrupt, pithy
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tertiary
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third
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tesselated
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inlaid, mosaic
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testator
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maker of a will
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testy
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irritable, short-tempered
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tether
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tie with a rope
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thematic
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relating to a unifying motif or idea
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theocracy
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government run by religious leaders
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theoretical
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not practical or applied, hypothetical
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therapeutic
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curative
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thermal
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pertaining to heat
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thespian
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pertaining to drama
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thrall
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slave, bondage
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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, flourish
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throes
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violent anguish
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throng
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crowd
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throttle
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strangle
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thwart
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baffle, frustrate
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tightwad
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excessively frugal person, miser
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tiller
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handle used to move boat's rudder (to steer)
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timbre
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quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument
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timidity
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lack of self-confidence or courage
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timorous
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fearful, demonstrating fear
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tipple
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drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently
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tirade
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extended scolding, denunciation, harangue
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titanic
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gigantic
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tithe
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tax of one-tenth
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titillate
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tickle
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title
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right or claim to possession, mark or rank, name (of a book, film etc.)
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titter
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nervous laugh
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titular
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having the title of an office without the obligations
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toady
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servile flatterer, yes man
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toga
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Roman outer robe
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tome
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large volume
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