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thespian

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n. an actor or actress

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timbre

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n. the characteristic quality of sound produced by a particular instrument or voice; tone color

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tirade

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n. long, violent speech; verbal assault

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toady

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n. flatterer; hanger-on; yes-man

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tome

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n. book, usually large and academic

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torpor

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n. lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness

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tout

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v. to promote or praise energetically

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tractable

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adj. obedient; yielding

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torque

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n. a turning or twisting force; the moment of a force; the measure of a force’s tendency to produce twisting or turning and rotation around an axis

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tortuous

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adj. having many twists and turns; highly complex

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vacillate

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v. to waver; oscillate

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vacuous

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adj. empty; void; lacking intelligence; purposeless

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valedictory

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adj. pertaining to a farewell

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vapid

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adj. tasteless; dull

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variegated

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adj. varied; marked with different colors

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vaunt

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v. to boast; brag

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venal

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adj. bribable ; mercenary; corruptible

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venerate

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v. to adore; honor; respect

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veracious

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adj. truthful; accurate

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vendetta

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n. prolonged feud marked by bitter hostility

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sylvan

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adj. related to the woods or forest

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tacit

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adj. silently understood; implied

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taciturn

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adj. habitually untalkative

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talisman

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n. charm to bring good luck and avert fortune

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tangential

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adj. peripheral; digressing

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tautology

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n. unnecessary repetition

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taxonomy

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n. science of classification; in biology, the process of classifying organisms in categories

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tenet

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n. belief; doctrine

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tenuous

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adj. weak; insubstantial

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theocracy

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n. government by priests representing a god

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tumid

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adj. swollen; distended

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turgid

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adj. swollen; bloated; pompous

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uncanny

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adj. mysterious; strange

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undulating

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adj. moving in waves

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untenable

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adj. indefensible

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usury

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n. practice of lending money at exorbitant rates

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turbid

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adj. muddy; opaque, in a state of great confusion

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tutelary

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adj. serving as a guardian or protector

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unfeigned

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adj. not false; not made up; genuine

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untoward

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adj. not favorable; troublesome; adverse; unruly

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transgression

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n. act of trespassing or violating a law or rule

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transient

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adj. temporary; short-lived; fleeting

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translucent

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adj. partially transparent

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treatise

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n. article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly

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tremulous

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adj. trembling; quivering; frugal ; timid

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trepidation

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n. fear and anxiety

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truculence

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n. aggressiveness; ferocity

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travail

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n. work, especially arduous work; tribulation; anguish

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tryst

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n. agreement between lovers to meet; rendezvous

Question 50

travesty

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n. parody exaggerated imitation