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30 Cards in this Set
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Unspoken; implied or inferred.
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Tacit
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Habitually untalkative.
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Taciturn
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Capable of being touched; real or concrete.
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Tangible
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Capable of being defended or maintained.
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Tenable
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In the nature of an experiment or trial; uncertain.
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Tentative
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To block or frustrate.
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Thwart
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Peaceful and quiet; free of mental agitation.
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Tranquil
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So shocking as to produce a lasting psychological effect.
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Traumatic
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Perceptive and forceful; cutting.
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Trenchant
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Violently agiatated or disturbed; restless or unruly.
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Turbulent
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Being or seeming to be everywhere.
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Ubiquitous
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Refined, elegant, and sophisicated in manner or style.
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Urbane
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To seize a power, office, function or the like without any legal right to do so.
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Usurp
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A bizzare or eccentric idea, action, or condition.
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Vagary
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Open to, or marked by, bribery or corruption.
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Venal
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a. A thin layer of fine material put on the surface of something in order to make it more attractive or cover defects; a deceptively attractive outward appearance. b. To cover something with a blank* of fine material.
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Veneer
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Worthy of reverence or respect because of character, position, age, or religious or historical assoaciations.
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Venerable
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Habitual adherence to the truth; accuracy.
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Veracity
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Capable of doing many things or serving many functions.
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Versatile
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a. The right or power of the chief executive to reject measures approved by the legistlative body; any authoritative prohibition. b. To prevent a bill form becoming law by exercising the right of blank*; to prohibit or reject.
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Veto
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To struggle for superiority with; to contend with.
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Vie
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Inclined to seek revenge; intented to inflict pain or harm.
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Vindictive
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To impair the quality, force, or value of; to debase.
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Vitiate
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a. Evaporating readily at normal temperatures or pressure levels. b. Changeable and potentially explosive.
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Volatile
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a.To decrease gradually in size, extent, power, or intensity. b. A gradual decline or decrease.
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Wane
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Intense anger.
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Wrath
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a. A wooden frame joining a pair of oxen or other draft animals together at the neck; any form or symbol of bondage or subjection. b. To join or bond together.
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Yoke
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a. A comical person given to outlandish behavior; a buffoon. b. Ludicrously comic, bizarre, or absurd.
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Zany
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Enthusiastic devotion to something; fervor.
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Zeal
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a. The point of a celestial sphere that is directly above the observer and vertically opposite the extreme point below. b. The highest point or state of something.
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Zenith
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