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tacit

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(adj.) expressed without words

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I interpreted my parents’ refusal to talk as a tacit
acceptance of my request.

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taciturn

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(adj.) not inclined to talk

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Though Jane never seems to stop talking, her brother
is quite taciturn.

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tangential

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(adj.) incidental, peripheral, divergent

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I tried to discuss my salary, but the
boss kept veering off into tangential topics.

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tantamount

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(adj.) equivalent in value or significance

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When it comes to sports, fearing
your opponent is tantamount to losing.

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tedious

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(adj.) dull, boring

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Tom and Huck entered the scary cave armed with
nothing but their own temerity.

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temperance

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(n.) moderation in action or thought

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Maintaining temperance will ensure
that you are able to think rationally and objectively.

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tenable

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(adj.) able to be defended or maintained

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The department heads tore
down the arguments in other people’s theses, but Johari’s work proved to be quite
tenable.

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tenuous

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(adj.)able to be defended or maintained

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the department heads tore down the arguements in other people's theses, but Johari's work proved to be quite tenable.

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tenuous

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(adj.) having little substance or strength

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Your argument is very tenuous, since
it relies so much on speculation and hearsay.

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terrestrial

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(adj.) relating to the land

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Elephants are terrestrial animals.

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timorous

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(adj.) timid, fearful

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When dealing with the unknown, timorous Tallulah
almost always broke into tears.

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tirade

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tirade (n.) a long speech marked by harsh or biting language

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Every time Jessica was
late, her boyfriend went into a long tirade about punctuality.

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toady

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(n.) one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors

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Every time Jessica was
late, her boyfriend went into a long tirade about punctuality.

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tome

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(n.) a large book

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In college, I used to carry around an anatomy book that was the
heaviest tome in my bag.

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torpid

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(adj.) lethargic, dormant, lacking motion

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The torpid whale floated, wallowing
in the water for hours.

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torrid

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(adj.) giving off intense heat, passionate

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I didn’t want to witness the neighbor’s
torrid affair through the window.

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tortuous

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(adj.) winding

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The scary thing about driving in mountains are the narrow,
tortuous roads.

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tractable

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(adj.) easily controlled

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The horse was so tractable, Myra didn’t even need a
bridle.

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tranquil

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(adj.) calm

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There is a time of night when nothing moves and everything
is tranquil.

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transgress

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(v.) to violate, go over a limit

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The criminal’s actions transgressed morality
and human decency.

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transient

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(adj.) passing through briefly; passing into and out of existence

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Because
virtually everyone in Palm Beach is a tourist, the population of the town is quite
transient.

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transmute

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(v.) to change or alter in form

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Ancient alchemists believed that it was
possible to transmute lead into gold.

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travesty

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(n.) a grossly inferior imitation

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According to the school newspaper’s merciless
theater critic, Pacific Coast High’s rendition of the musical Oklahoma was a
travesty of the original.

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tremulous

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(adj.) fearful

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always feel a trifle tremulous when walking through
a graveyard.

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trenchant

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(adj.) effective, articulate, clear-cut

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The directions that accompanied my new
cell phone were trenchant and easy to follow.

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trepidation

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(n.) fear, apprehension

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Feeling great trepidation, Anya refused to jump into
the pool because she thought she saw a shark in it.

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trite

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(adj.) not original, overused

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Keith thought of himself as being very learned, but
everyone else thought he was trite because his observations about the world were
always the same as David Letterman’s.

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truculent

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(adj.) ready to fight, cruel

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This club doesn’t really attract the dangerous
types, so why was that bouncer being so truculent?

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truncate

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(v.) to shorten by cutting off

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After winning the derby, the jockey truncated
the long speech he had planned and thanked only his mom and his horse.

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turgid

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(adj.) swollen, excessively embellished in style or language

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The haughty writer
did not realize how we all really felt about his turgid prose.

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turpitude

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(n.) depravity, moral corruption

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Sir Marcus’s chivalry often contrasted with
the turpitude he exhibited with the ladies at the tavern.