T Flashcards by Sara Chen | Brainscape

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Taciturn

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Silent/reserved by nature

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Tacit

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Implied but not expressed

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Tactile

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Relating to touch

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Tangential

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Almost irrelevant

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Taut

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Stretched tightly

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Tawdry

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Gaudy, cheap, poor quality

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Temerity

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Boldness; reckless confidence

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Temperance

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Restraint; abstinence from alcohol

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Temporal

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Relating to time ; of this world

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Temporize

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Delay so as to gain time

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Tenacious

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Determined/stubborn

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Tendentious

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Having shown a definite tendency or bias

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Tenet

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Something accepted as an important truth

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Tenuous

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Weak and unconvincing

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Tepid

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Lack of force/enthusiasm

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Terse

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Abrupt; brief and unfriendly

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Throng

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Large crowd

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Tiff

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Minor quarrel

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Timorous

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Timid

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Toady

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Self serving person servile and flattering towards people of power

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Tome

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Large book

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Tonic

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Something that lifts the spirits and creates feeling of well being

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Topical

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Of current interest

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Topography

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Mapping of surface features

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Torpid

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Sluggish

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Torrent

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Violent/tumultuous flow

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Tortuous

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Twisting and winding

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Touchstone

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Excellent example

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Tout

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Praise someone or something.

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Tractable

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Docile; malleable

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Transgression

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Action violating law/code

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Transient

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Short; fleeting

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Transitory

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Not permanent or lasting

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Transmute

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Change

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Transposition

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Reversal of order

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Trappings

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Accessories and outward signs

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Travesty

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False representation

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Treacly

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Mawkish; cloying or excessively sentimental

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Treatise

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Detailed written account of a subject

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Trenchant

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Incisive; penetrating

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Trepidation

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Apprehension; fear/unease

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Tribulation

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Hardship

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Trite

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Overused

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Troubadour

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Love poet or singer

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Trounce

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Defeat someone or something decisively

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Truant

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Someone absent from school

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Truculent

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Aggressively defiant

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Truism

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Self evident, obvious truth

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Truncate

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To shorten by cutting off a part

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Tumultuous

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Noisy and unrestrained

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Turncoat

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Someone who changed to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc

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Turpitude

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Immorality; wickedness