T Words

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phlegmatic

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calm in temperament, sluggish

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phoenix

Back 2

mythical, immortal bird which lives for 500 years, burns itself to death, and rises from ashes

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piety

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devoutness

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pious

Back 4

dedicated, devout, extremely religious

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pique

Back 5

fleeting feeling of hurt pride

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pithy

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profound,substantial, concise, succinct, to the point

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pittance

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meager amount or wage

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plattitude

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stale, overused expression

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plebeian

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crude, vulgar,low-class

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plucky

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courageous, spunky

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ply

Back 11

to use diligently, to engage, to join together

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pneumatic

Back 12

relating to air, worked by compressed air

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poignant

Back 13

emotionally moving

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potable

Back 14

drinkable

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polemic

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controversy, argument, verbal attack

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polygot

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speaker of many languages

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portent

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omen

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portly

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stout, dignified

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potentate

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monarch or ruler with great power

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prattle

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meaningless, foolish talk

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precarious

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uncertain

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precept

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principle, law

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precipice

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edge, steep overhang

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precipitous

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hasty, quickly, with too little caution

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precis

Back 25

short summary of fact

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predilection

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preference, liking

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preponderance

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majority in number; dominance

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presage

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to foretell, indicate in advance

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prescient

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having foresight

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presentiment

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premonition, sense of foreboding

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prestidigitation

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sleight of hand

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pretext

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excuse, pretended reason

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prevaricate

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to lie

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privation

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lack of usual necessities or comforts

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probity

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honesty, high-mindedness

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profligate

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corrupt, degenerate

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profuse

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lavish, extravagant

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promontory

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piece of land or rock higher than its surroundings

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promulgate

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to make known publicly

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propinquity

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nearness

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propitiate

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to win over, appease

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propitious

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favorable, advantageous

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proscribe

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to condemn, to forbid, outlaw

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proselytize

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to convert to a particular belief or religion

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protean

Back 45

readily assuming different forms or characters

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tacit

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silently understood or implied

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tempestuous

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stormy, raging, furious

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tenable

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defensible, reasonable

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tenet

Back 49

belief, doctrine

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tensile

Back 50

capable of withstanding stress

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tenuous

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weak, insubstantial

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timorous

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timid, shy, full of apprehension

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toady

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flatterer, hanger-on, yes-man

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tome

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book, usually large and academic

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tryst

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agreement between lover to meet, rendezvous

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torpid

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lethargic, unable to move dormant

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transgress

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to trespass, violate a law

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tractable

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obedient, yielding

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transmute

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to change in appearance or shape

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trenchant

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acute, sharp, incisive, forceful, effective

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trite

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shallow,superficial

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trounce

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to beat severely, defeat

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troupe

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group of actors

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truncate

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to cut off, shorten by cutting

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turpitude

Back 65

inherent vileness, foulness, depravity

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tyro

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beginner, novice

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ubiquitous

Back 67

being everywhere simultaneously

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umbrage

Back 68

offense, resentment

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unctuous

Back 69

greasy, oily, smug, and falsely earnest

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unobtrusive

Back 70

modest, unassuming

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unwitting

Back 71

unconcious, unintentional

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urbane

Back 72

courteous, refined, suave, usurp to seize by force

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usury

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practice of lending money at exorbitant rates

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vacillate

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to waver, show indecision

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vapid

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tasteless, dull

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vaunted

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boasted about, bragged about

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veracious

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truthful, accurate

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versimiltude

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quality of appearing true or real

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vicissitude

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change or variation, ups and downs

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vilify

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to slander, defame

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vim

Back 81

energy, enthusiasim

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vindicate

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to clear of blame

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virile

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manly, having qualities of a male

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vitriolic

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burning, caustic; shar[ bitter

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vituperate

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to abuse verbally

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whet

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to sharpen, sitmulate

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wry

Back 87

amusing, ironic