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sufficiency
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abundance, ampleness, adequate substance or means
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suffuse
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to overspread
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supercilious
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proud and haughty
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supersede
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take the place of
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supplicate
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beg
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surfeit
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excess
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surreptitious
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unauthorized, clandestine
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surrogate
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official in charge of probate of wills
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surveillance
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watching
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susceptible
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easily affected, liable
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suture
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stitch on a wound
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sybarite
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person devoted to luxury
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sycophant
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self-serving flatterer
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syllogism
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logical argument in which a conclusion is drawn from two premises
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sylvan
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pertaining to the woods
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symposium
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meeting for discussion of a subject
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syncopate
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to accent musical beats not normally accented
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syncope
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contraction by omitting a sound from the middle of a word
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synthesis
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combination of parts into a whole
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taboret
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small stool or table
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tachometer
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instrument for measuring rotational speed
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tacitly
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silently, by implication, without words
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taint
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to be infected or corrupted, to be affected with incipient putrification
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talus
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slope formed by rocky debris, especially at the base of a cliff
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tautology
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useless repetition without the addition of new ideas
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tawdry
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showy and cheap
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taxonomy
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science of classification
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temporize
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delay immediate action in order to gain time
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tenancy
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state or time of being a tenant
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tendon
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in anatomy, a hard, insensible cord or bundle of connective tissue by which a muscle is attached to a bone
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tenement
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dwelling place, apartment, especially a building that is run-down, dirty, etc.
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tensile
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pertaining to tension
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tenuous
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held by a thread, flimsy
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terminology
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special vocabulary used in a field of study
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thaumaturgy
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the act of performing a miracle, magic
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theorem
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a speculative truth, a proposition to be proved by a chain of reasoning
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therapeutic
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pertaining to curing disease
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thermodynamic
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using force created by conversion of heat into mechanical energy
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thesis
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essay, proposition to be debated
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thorax
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the part of the body between the neck and abdomen
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thrombosis
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blood clot
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tilde
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diacritical mark (~) used in Spanish to indicate a certain pronunciation of the letter n
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tirade
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a vehement speech
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tithe
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tax of one tenth
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toccata
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piano or organ composition designed to show player's technique
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tocsin
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alarm bell
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tolerate
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permit, put up with
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tonneau
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the seat section in an automobile, usually refers to area behind front seat but can include entire seating section: most often used when referring to convertible
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toque
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woman's hat without a brim
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