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Tractable

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Obedient, yielding

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Tumid

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Swollen, distended

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Tortuous

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Having many twists and turns; highly complex

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Torpor

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Lethargy, dormancy, sluggishness

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Tome

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Book, usually large and academic

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Toady

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Flatterer

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Tirade

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Long, violent speech; verbal assault

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Timbre

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Characteristic quality of sound produced by a particular instrument or voice

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Thespian

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Actor, actress

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Tenet

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Belief, doctrine

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Tautology

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Unnecessary repetition

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Tangential

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Peripheral, digressing

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Sylvan

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Related to the woods or forest

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Syllogism

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Form of deductive reasoning

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Supposition

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Act of assuming to be true or real

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Supplicant

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One who asks humbly and earnestly

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Suppliant

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Beseeching

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Beseech

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Asks (someone) urgently and fervently to do something

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Supplant

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Replace, substitute

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Supine

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Lying on the back, marked by lethargy

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Sundry

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Various

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Suffrage

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Right to vote

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Succor

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Relief, help in time of distress or want

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Stultify

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To impair or reduce to uselessness

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Stygian

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Dark and gloomy

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Subpoena

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Notice ordering someone to appear in court

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Substantiate

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To support with proof or evidence

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Substantive

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Essential

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Subsume

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Incorporate, include

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Subversive

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Intended to undermine or overthrow (esp. An established government)

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