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41 Cards in this Set
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Taciturn |
uncommunicativeness, habitually silent |
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Temper |
harden, moderate, tone down |
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Tentative |
hesitant, not definite |
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Terse |
concise, pithy |
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Thrive |
to prosper, flourish |
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Tranquility |
calmness, peace |
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Transient |
short lived, momentary, temporary |
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Trite |
banal, hackneyed, common place |
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Turbulence |
state of violent agitation |
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Turmoil |
chaos, pandemonium, commotion |
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Tenacious |
stubborn, obstinate |
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Tenuous |
weak, fable |
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Testimony |
indication, proof, evidence |
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Tout |
hype, flaunt |
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Tractable |
obedient, dutiful |
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Transverse |
extending across something |
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Treacherous |
unfaithful, disloyal |
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Trenchant |
cutting, sharp |
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Tyranny |
domination, dictatorship |
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Tantamount |
equivalent in effect or value |
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Terrestrial |
earthly, pertaining to land |
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Threadbare |
worn through till the threads show, shabby and poor |
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Tirade |
extended scolding, harangue, denunciation |
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Torpor |
lethargy, sluggishness, dormancy |
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Trepidation |
fear, nervous apprehension |
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Trifling |
trivial, unimportant |
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Truncate |
cut the top off |
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Taunting |
provoke someone with insulting remarks |
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Taffy |
insincere flattery |
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Temperament |
the combination of mental and emotional traits of a person |
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Tyrannical |
unjustly cruel or severe |
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Tact |
skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations |
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Tumultuous |
excited, confused, disorderly, uproarious, make loud noise |
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Tedious |
boring causing weariness |
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Truculucence |
aggressive |
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Tonic |
giving feeling of vigor |
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Tangential |
hardly touching a matter; peripheral, diverging from a previous course or line; erratic |
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Tenet |
principle, belief |
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Taut |
stretched or pulled back, not slack, concise and controlled |
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Transgression |
against law, offense |
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Treatise |
a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject |
