T Vocabulary Flashcards by safa hassan

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Tactic

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Silently understood, implied

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Taciturn

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Habitually untalkative

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Talisman

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Charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune

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Tangential

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Peripheral, digressing (leaving main point)

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Tautology

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Unnecessary repetition

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Taxonomy

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Science of classification

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Tenet

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Belief

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Tenuous

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Weak, insubstantial

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Theocracy

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Government of priests representing a god

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Thespian

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An actor/actress

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Timbre

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Characteristic quality of sound produced by particular instrument

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Tirade

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Long violent speech

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Toady

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Flatterer, yes-man

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Tome

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Book, large and academic

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Torpor

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Lethargy, dormancy, sluggish

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Torque

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Turning, twisting force

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Tortuous

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Having many twists and turns, highly complex

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Tout

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To promote or praise energetically

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Tractable

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Obedient, yielding

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Transgression

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Act of trespassing or violating law or rule

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Transient

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Temporary

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Translucent

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Partially transparent

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Travail

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Work, especially difficult work

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Travesty

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Parody, caricature

Treatise

Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly

Tremulous

Trembling, quivering l, frugal, timid

Trepidation

Fear and anxiety

Truculence

Aggressiveness

Tryst

Agreement between lovers to meet, rendezvous

Tumid

Swollen

Turbid

Muddy, opaque, state of confusion

Turgid

Swollen, bloated

Tutelary

Serving as a guardian/protector