T Flashcards by Sara Chen

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Taciturn

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Silent/reserved by nature

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Tacit

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Implied but not expressed

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Tactile

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Relating to touch

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Tangential

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Almost irrelevant

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Taut

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Stretched tightly

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Tawdry

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Gaudy, cheap, poor quality

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Temerity

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Boldness; reckless confidence

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Temperance

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Restraint; abstinence from alcohol

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Temporal

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Relating to time ; of this world

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Temporize

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Delay so as to gain time

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Tenacious

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Determined/stubborn

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Tendentious

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Having shown a definite tendency or bias

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Tenet

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Something accepted as an important truth

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Tenuous

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Weak and unconvincing

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Tepid

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Lack of force/enthusiasm

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Terse

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Abrupt; brief and unfriendly

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Throng

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Large crowd

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Tiff

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Minor quarrel

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Timorous

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Timid

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Toady

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Self serving person servile and flattering towards people of power

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Tome

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Large book

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Tonic

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Something that lifts the spirits and creates feeling of well being

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Topical

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Of current interest

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Topography

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Mapping of surface features

Torpid

Sluggish

Torrent

Violent/tumultuous flow

Tortuous

Twisting and winding

Touchstone

Excellent example

Tout

Praise someone or something.

Tractable

Docile; malleable

Transgression

Action violating law/code

Transient

Short; fleeting

Transitory

Not permanent or lasting

Transmute

Change

Transposition

Reversal of order

Trappings

Accessories and outward signs

Travesty

False representation

Treacly

Mawkish; cloying or excessively sentimental

Treatise

Detailed written account of a subject

Trenchant

Incisive; penetrating

Trepidation

Apprehension; fear/unease

Tribulation

Hardship

Trite

Overused

Troubadour

Love poet or singer

Trounce

Defeat someone or something decisively

Truant

Someone absent from school

Truculent

Aggressively defiant

Truism

Self evident, obvious truth

Truncate

To shorten by cutting off a part

Tumultuous

Noisy and unrestrained

Turncoat

Someone who changed to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc

Turpitude

Immorality; wickedness