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78 Cards in this Set
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table
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set aside a resolution or proposal for future consideration
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tactile
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pertaining to the organs or sense of touch
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taint
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contaminate, cause to lose purity, modify with a trace of something bad
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talisman
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charm to bring good luck avert misfortune
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tangenital
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peripheral, oonly slightly connected, digressing
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tanner
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person who turns animal hides into leather
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tantamount
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equivalent in effect or value
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tarry
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delay, dawdle
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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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temerity
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boldness, rashness
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tempestuous
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story, impassioned, violent
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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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avoid committing oneself, gain time
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tender
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offer, extend
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tendentious
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having an aim, biased, designed the further a cause
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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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tenuous
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thin, rare, slim
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tenure
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holding an office, time during which such an office is held
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tepid
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lukewarm
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terminus
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last stop of a railroad
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testy
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irritable, short tempered
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thematic
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relating to a unifying motif or idea
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threadbare
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worn through till the threads show, shabby and poor
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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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torpor
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lethargy, sluggishness, dormancy
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torrent
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rushing stream, flood
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torrid
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passionate, hot, scorching
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thwart
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baffle, frustrate
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tightwad
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excessivley frugal person, miser
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tiller
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handle used to move boats rudder
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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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tirade
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extended scolding, denunciation, harangue
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titter
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nervous laugh
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titular
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nominal holding of title without obligations
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toady
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servile flatterer, yesman, sycophant
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tome
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large volume
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tonuic
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invigorating, refreshing
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tortuous
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winding, full of curves
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totter
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move unsteadily, sway as if about to fall
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touchstone
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stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys, criterion
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tout
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publicize, praise excessively
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tract
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region of land (often imprecisley described), pamphlet
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tractable
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docile, easily managed
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traduce
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expose to slander
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trajectory
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path taken by a projectile
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transcendent
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surpassing, exceeding ordinary limits, superior
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transcribe
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copy
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transgression
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violation of a law, sin
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transitory
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impermanent, fleeting
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transmute
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change, convert to something different
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transparent
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easily detected
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transport
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strong emotion
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trappings
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outward decorations, ornaments
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travail
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painful labor
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traverse
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go through or across
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travesty
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comical parody
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treacly
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sticky sweet, cloyingly sentimental
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treatise
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article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
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tremulous
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trembling, wavering
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trenchant
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cutting, keen
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trepidation
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fear, nervous apprehension
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tribute
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tax levied by a ruler
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trifling
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trivial, unimportant
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trinkey
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knickknack, bauble
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truculence
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aggressiveness, ferocity
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truism
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self-evident trith
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tryst
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meeting
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turbid
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muddy, having the sediment disturbed
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turgid
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swollen, distended
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turncoat
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traitor
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turpitude
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depravity
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tutelage
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guardianship, training
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tyro
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neophyte, novice, beginner
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