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19 Cards in this Set
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Tacit
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understood without being expressed directly:
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Taciturn
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habitually reserved and uncommunicative
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Tangible
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real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, or experienced:
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Tantamount |
being almost the same or having the same effect as something, usually something bad: |
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temporal
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formal relating to practical matters or physical
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Tenuous
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A tenuous connection, idea, or situation is weak and possibly does not exist:
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Timorous
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nervous and without much confidence
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To wit |
used to make clearer or more particular something that you have already said: |
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Tolerate |
to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them |
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Traipse
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to walk from one place to another, often feeling tired or bored:
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Trammel |
restrictions or impediments to freedom of action."we will forge our own future, free from the trammels of materialism" |
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Trenchant
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severe, expressing strong criticism or forceful
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Turgid
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expressed too often to be interesting or seem sincere:
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Trepid-Trepidation
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fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
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Trivial
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having little value or importance:
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Trite
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expressed too often to be interesting or seem sincere:
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Trope |
specialized art, literature something such as an idea, phrase, or image that is often used in a particular artist's work, in a particular type of art, etc. |
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Tryst |
a meeting between two people who are having a romantic relationship, especially a secret one |
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Tyranny
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a situation in which someone or something controls how you are able to live, in an unfair way:
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