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53 Cards in this Set
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torpidity
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dullness, inactivity, sluggishness
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tortilla
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a large, round, think cake prepared from a paste made of the soaked grains of corn, baked on a heated stone slab
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trachea
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windpipe
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tractable
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easily led
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traduce
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slander, publicly defame
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tranquility
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peacefulness
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transcendent
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excelling, surpassing others
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transfuse
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pour from one container to another
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transgression
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the breaking of a law or commandment
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transition
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change, passage from one place or state to another
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transliterate
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change letters or words into a different alphabet
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transmute
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change from one form or substance to another
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transverse
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lying across
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trauma
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wound
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travail
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difficult labor
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travesty
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imitation of a serious work so as to make it seem ridiculous
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treacle
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British term for molasses
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trenchant
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sharp, penetrating, forceful
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trepidation
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an involuntary trembling, particularly from fear or terror
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tribulation
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great trouble
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tribunal
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court of justice
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tributary
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serving to make up a greater object of the same kind, contributing
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trireme
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ancient ship with three rows of oars
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troglodyte
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cave man
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truculent
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ferocious, savage, harsh
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trumpery
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worthless ornaments
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truncate
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to shorten by cutting
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truncheon
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club
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truss
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support, tie up in a bundle
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tubercle
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abnormal, hard swelling
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tumbrel
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farmer's cart
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tumid
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swollen, inflated, pompous
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turbulent
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violent, in wild motion, agitated
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turgid
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swollen
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turpitude
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depravity
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tutelage
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guardianship
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tyke
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mischievous child
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tyro
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novice, beginner
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ubiquity
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existence everywhere at the same time, omnipresence
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ukase
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imperial decree in czarist Russia
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ultimately
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as a final result, at last
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ululation
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a howling, wailing
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umbilicus
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navel
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umbrage
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suspicion of being slighted
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unaccountable
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mysterious, not able to be explained
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uncouth
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unrefined, awkward
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undulating
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waving, vibrating, having a form or outline resembling that of a series of waves
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ungainly
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not expert or dexterous, clumsy, awkward
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unguent
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ointment for burns
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ungulate
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having hoofs
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uniform
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not varying in degree or rate, consistent at all times
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unilateral
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one-sided, pertaining to one side
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unique
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without a like or equal, unmatched, single in its kind
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