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Tabulation

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A systematic listing by columns or rows

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Tableau

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Dramatic scene or picture

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Tacit

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Silent; not expressed

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Taciturn

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Speaking very little

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Tactics

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Plan; method; strategy

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Tactile

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Pertaining to sense of touch

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Taint

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To infect; to harm a person’a reputation

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Tangent

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Touching

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Tangible

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Real; capable of being touched

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Tantalize

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To tease or torment

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Tantamount

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Equivalent to

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Tarn

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A small lake or pool

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Tarnish

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To soil; to discolor; to stain

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Tarry

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To linger; to delay

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Taunt

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To ridicule; to tease

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Taurine

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Like a bull

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Taut

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Tight; tense

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Tawdry

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Cheap; showy; flashy

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Tawny

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Yellowish- brown

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Teeming

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Overfilled; pouring out

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Temerity

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Reckless boldness; rashness

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Temperate

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Not extreme; moderate

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Temporal

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Pertaining to time

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Temporize

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To be indecisive; to be evasive; to delay an action

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Tenacious

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Holding on; persistent; stubborn

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Tendentious

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Biased; favoring a cause

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Tenet

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A doctrine; a belief

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Tensile

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Capable of being stretched; elastic

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Tenuous

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Slender; flimsy; without substance

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Tenure

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the holding or possessing of anything

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Tepid

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Lukewarm

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Terminus

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A boundary; a limit

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Terpsichorean

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Pertaining to dancing

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Terrestrial

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Earthly; living on land

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Terse

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Brief; to the point

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Testy

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Irritable

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Thanatology

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The study of death and dying

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Theocracy

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Government by religious leaders

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Thespian

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An actor

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Thrall

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A slave

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Threnody

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A funeral song

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Throes

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A violent struggle; pains (of childbirth); agony (of death)

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Throng

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A crowd

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Thwart

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To prevent or hinder

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Timorous

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Fearful; cowardly

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Tinge

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A faint color; a trace

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Tirade

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A long angry speech; an outburst of bitter denunciation

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Titillate

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To tickle; to excite agreeably

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Titter

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To laugh in self-conscious or nervous way

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Token

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Sign or symbol (n); slight or unimportant (adj)

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Tome

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Large, heavy book

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Toothsome

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Tasty

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Topple

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To overturn; to fall over

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Torpid

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Inactive; sluggish

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Torsion

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Twisting; bending

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Tortuous

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Twisting; winding

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Touchstone

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Standard; a test or criterion for quality

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Tractable

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Easy to manage

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Traduce

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To speak badly of; to slander

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Transcend

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To go beyond; to overcome

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Transcendental

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Supernatural; going beyond ordinary experience or belief

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Transgression

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Violation of a rule or law

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Transient

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Temporary; passing

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Transitory

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Lasting a short time; brief

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Transmute

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To chance from one form to another; to transform

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Trappings

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Articles of dress; equipment

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Travail

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Very hard work; intense pain

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Travesty

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An absurd or inadequate imitation

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Treacherous

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Dangerous; deceptive; disloyal

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Treatise

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A book or writing about some particular subject

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Treble

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Three times as much

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Tremulous

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Trembling; quivering

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Trenchant

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Keen or incisive; vigorous; effective

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Trepidation

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Fear; alarm

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Tribulation

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Trouble

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Tributary

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A stream flowing into a river

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Trite

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Worn out; stale; commonplace

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Trivia

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Matters or things that are very unimportant; trivialities

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Truckle

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(To) submit; to yield

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Truculent

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Savage; brutal; cruel

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Truism

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A self-evident, obvious truth

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Truncheon

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A club

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Tryst

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A secret meeting

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Tumid

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Swollen; bulging

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Tumult

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Great noise and confusion

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Turbid

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Muddy; unclear

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Turgid

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Swollen

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Turmoil

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Confusion

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Turpitude

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Baseness; a shameful behavior

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Tussle

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A struggle; a fight

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Tutelage

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Instruction

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Twain

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Two

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Tycoon

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A wealthy businessman

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Tyro

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A beginner

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