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Tacit

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Understood

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Taciturn

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Stern; silent

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Tangential

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Only slightly connected or related

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Tantamount

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Equivalent in significance, effect or value

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Tawdry

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Showy, in a cheap way

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Temerity

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Recklessness

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Tempestuous

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Stormy; impassioned

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Tenacious

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Holding fast

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Tendentious

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Having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose

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Tenuous

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Thin; slim

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Tepid

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Lukewarm

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Thrall

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A state of being enslaved or held captive physically, mentally or morally

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Thwart

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To frustrate

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Tilt

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To lean forward, as if to attack

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Timidity

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Lacking in self-assurance or courage

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Tirade

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A long, passionate speech against something

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Titillate

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To excite or arouse

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Titular

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Holding a position in name (title) only without the power or responsibility that usually comes with that position

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Torpid

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Dull; sluggish; inactive

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Tortuous

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Abounding in irregular bends or turns; unpleasantly complicated

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Tractable

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Docile; easily controlled or shaped

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Transgression

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Violation; sin

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Transience

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A temporary state

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Transmute

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To change

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Transparent

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Easily detected

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Transpire

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To happen, to be revealed

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Trepidation

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Nervous feeling; fear

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Truculence

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Ferocity

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Truculent

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Harsh, brutal

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Turgid

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Inflated, overblown, or pompous; literally swollen to the point of being firm

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Tutelage

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The act of training or being under instruction

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Tyro

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Beginner, novice

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Ubiquitous

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Being present everywhere

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Umbrage

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Sense of having been injured

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Unassuaged

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Not soothed or relieved

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Uncouth

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Clumsy; rude

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Undermine

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To weaken or derail

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Unerringly

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Without fail

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Ungainly

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Awkward; clumsy

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Unison

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Complete accord

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Unruly

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Disobedient

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Untenable

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Indefensible

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Upbraid

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To reproach as deserving blame

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Urbanity

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Refined courtesy or politeness

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Vacillate

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To waver; to fluctuate

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Vagabond

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Wanderer

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Vainglorious

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Excessive; pretentious

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Valorous

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Courageous

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Vantage

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Position giving advantage

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Vapid

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Having lost quality and flavor; dull; lifeless

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Variegated

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Many-colored

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Vehement

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Forceful

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Veneer

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A thin covering to improve the appearance of something

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Venerate

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To look upon with deep respect

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Veracious

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Truthful

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Verbiage

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Use of many words

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Verbose

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Wordy

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Vestigial

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Occurring or persisting as a rudimentary or degenerate structure

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Viable

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Capable of living or succeeding

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Vicissitude

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Change of condition or circumstances, generally of fortune

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Vigor

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Strength; stamina; power

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Virtuosity

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Having the character or ability of an expert

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Virulence

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Intense sharpness of anger; intensity

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Visage

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Face, especially in terms of its features or expression

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Viscous

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Sticky; gluey

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Vituperate

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Overwhelm with wordy abuse

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Vociferous

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Making a loud outcry

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Volatile

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Changeable; explosive

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Volition

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A willful choice or decision

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Voluble

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Fluent; talkative

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