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Temerity

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Willingness to do something that shocks or upsets other people

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Tawdry

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Showy or gaudy but without real value

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Temperate

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Moderation or self-control

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Tempestuous

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Full of strong and intense emotions

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Temporize

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Delay making a decision or stating your opinion

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Tenable

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Reasonable

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Tenacious

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Keeping an opinion in a determined way

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Tenacity

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Determination to continue what you are doing

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Tenure

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Term

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Terse

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Using a few words

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Tertiary

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Third

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Threshold

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Beginning

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Thwarted

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Opposed successfully

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Timorous

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Nervous

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Tolerance

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Ability to bear something unpleasant or annoying

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Torpid

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Not active

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Torpor

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Lack of activity

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Torrent

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Violent stream of water

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Touchstone

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Established standard

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Tout

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Try to get people to buy in an annoyingly insistent way

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Tractable

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Easily guided or controlled

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Transient

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Lasting for only a short time

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Transitory

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Lasting for only a short time

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Transmute

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Change something into a completely different thing

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Travesty

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Bad representation of something

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Treacle

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Sweet dark thick liquid used in cooking

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Trenchant

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Clear, effective and forceful

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Trepidation

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Fear or anxiety about what is going to happen

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Trifling

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Unimportant

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Trite

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Cliched

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Truculence

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Defiance

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Tryst

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Meeting between two lovers (secret)

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Tumultuous

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Full of confusion

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Turmoil

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State of confusion

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Turpitude

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Wicked

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Tutelage

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Tutor, help, coaching

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Tyro

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Beginner

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Tyrannical

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Oppressive and cruel

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Ulterior

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Hidden

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Umbrage

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Offense

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Unallayed

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Going strong

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Unassuming

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Being quiet and showing no desire for attention or admiration

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Uncanny

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Strange or mysterious

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Unctuous

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Expressing too much praise in a way that is false

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Undermine

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Weaken

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Underscore

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Emphasize

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Unequivocal

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Completely clear and very firm

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Unheralded

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Not previously announced

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Unilateral

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Involving only one group or country

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Unstinting

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Generous with time money praise help

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Untenable

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Unable to be defended successfully against criticism or attack

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Unwitting

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Involuntary

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Unyielding

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Unwilling to change something

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Upbraid

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Scold

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Upheaval

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Great Change causing much difficulty

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Utopian

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Unrealistic

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Vacillate

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Waver

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Vacuous

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Empty

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Vagabond

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Person who has no home, travels from place to place

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Vagrant

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Person without a settled home or regular work

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Vapid

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Dull

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Variegated

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Having a pattern of different colors or marks

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Veer

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Change directions or courses

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Vehement

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Passionate

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Venal

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Ready to accept money for doing dishonest acts

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Vendetta

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Feud

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Venerable

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Respected

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Venerate

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Respect deeply

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Veracity

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Quality of being true

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Verbiage

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Use of too many words

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Verbose

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Using or containing more words than are needed

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Verdant

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Covered with healthy green plants or grass

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Verisimilitude

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Quality of seeming true

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Vernacular

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Language spoken in a particular country or region

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Verve

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Enthusiasm or spirit

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Vex

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Anger or annoy

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Viable

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Practical

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Vicissitude

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Change in ones circumstances

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Vigilant

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Looking out for possible danger, trouble

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Vile

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Extremely disgusting

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Vilify

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Say evil or insulting things about

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Vindictive

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Revengeful, vengeful

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Virtuous

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Having or showing moral value

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Virulent

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Malicious

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Visage

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Persons face

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Visceral

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Based on deep feelings and emotional reactions

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Viscous

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Thick and sticky

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Vitiate

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Spoil something

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Vituperate

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Use abusive language or bitter criticism

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Vociferous

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Loud or noisy

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Volatile

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Likely To change suddenly

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Voluble

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Speaking a lot

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Voluminous

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Great in quantity

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Voracious

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Eating or craving food in large quantities

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Vouchsafe

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To give

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Waiver

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Disclaimer, contract

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Wariness

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Suspicion

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Warrant

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Guarantee

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Watershed

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Turning point in a course of events

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Wayward

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Selfish and difficult to control

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Whimsical

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Fanciful

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Windfall

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Unexpected piece of good fortune

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Wistful

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Full of sadness or longing

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Worldliness

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State of knowing and sophisticated in outlook

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Xenophobia

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Racism

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Zest

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Feeling of pleasure and enthusiasm

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