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Tabulation
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A systematic listing by columns or rows
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Tableau
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Dramatic scene or picture
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Tacit
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Silent; not expressed
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Taciturn
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Speaking very little
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Tactics
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Plan; method; strategy
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Tactile
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Pertaining to sense of touch
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Taint
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To infect; to harm a person’a reputation
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Tangent
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Touching
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Tangible
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Real; capable of being touched
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Tantalize
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To tease or torment
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Tantamount
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Equivalent to
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Tarn
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A small lake or pool
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Tarnish
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To soil; to discolor; to stain
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Tarry
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To linger; to delay
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Taunt
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To ridicule; to tease
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Taurine
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Like a bull
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Taut
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Tight; tense
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Tawdry
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Cheap; showy; flashy
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Tawny
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Yellowish- brown
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Teeming
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Overfilled; pouring out
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Temerity
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Reckless boldness; rashness
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Temperate
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Not extreme; moderate
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Temporal
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Pertaining to time
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Temporize
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To be indecisive; to be evasive; to delay an action
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Tenacious
Holding on; persistent; stubborn
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Tendentious
Biased; favoring a cause
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Tenet
A doctrine; a belief
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Tensile
Capable of being stretched; elastic
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Tenuous
Slender; flimsy; without substance
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Tenure
the holding or possessing of anything
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Tepid
Lukewarm
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Terminus
A boundary; a limit
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Terpsichorean
Pertaining to dancing
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Terrestrial
Earthly; living on land
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Terse
Brief; to the point
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Testy
Irritable
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Thanatology
The study of death and dying
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Theocracy
Government by religious leaders
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Thespian
An actor
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Thrall
A slave
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Threnody
A funeral song
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Throes
A violent struggle; pains (of childbirth); agony (of death)
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Throng
A crowd
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Thwart
To prevent or hinder
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Timorous
Fearful; cowardly
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Tinge
A faint color; a trace
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Tirade
A long angry speech; an outburst of bitter denunciation
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Titillate
To tickle; to excite agreeably
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Titter
To laugh in self-conscious or nervous way
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Token
Sign or symbol (n); slight or unimportant (adj)
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Tome
Large, heavy book
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Toothsome
Tasty
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Topple
To overturn; to fall over
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Torpid
Inactive; sluggish
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Torsion
Twisting; bending
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Tortuous
Twisting; winding
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Touchstone
Standard; a test or criterion for quality
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Tractable
Easy to manage
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Traduce
To speak badly of; to slander
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Transcend
To go beyond; to overcome
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Transcendental
Supernatural; going beyond ordinary experience or belief
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Transgression
Violation of a rule or law
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Transient
Temporary; passing
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Transitory
Lasting a short time; brief
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Transmute
To chance from one form to another; to transform
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Trappings
Articles of dress; equipment
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Travail
Very hard work; intense pain
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Travesty
An absurd or inadequate imitation
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Treacherous
Dangerous; deceptive; disloyal
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Treatise
A book or writing about some particular subject
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Treble
Three times as much
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Tremulous
Trembling; quivering
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Trenchant
Keen or incisive; vigorous; effective
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Trepidation
Fear; alarm
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Tribulation
Trouble
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Tributary
A stream flowing into a river
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Trite
Worn out; stale; commonplace
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Trivia
Matters or things that are very unimportant; trivialities
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Truckle
(To) submit; to yield
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Truculent
Savage; brutal; cruel
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Truism
A self-evident, obvious truth
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Truncheon
A club
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Tryst
A secret meeting
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Tumid
Swollen; bulging
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Tumult
Great noise and confusion
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Turbid
Muddy; unclear
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Turgid
Swollen
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Turmoil
Confusion
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Turpitude
Baseness; a shameful behavior
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Tussle
A struggle; a fight
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Tutelage
Instruction
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Twain
Two
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Tycoon
A wealthy businessman
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Tyro
A beginner
