T Flashcards
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Tawdry
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Cheap, tasteless
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Tantamount
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Equal to.
Eating chicken is tantamount to murder
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Temerity
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Fearless daringness (sometimes foolhardy)
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Temporize
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To stall, like wasting time in class so no pop quiz will come
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Tenet
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Major belief or fundamental claim.
“Eat” is the tenet of hedonism
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Tenure
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Period of time you hold a position
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Terse
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Brief and to the point
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Tessalated
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Use tessellated, an adjective, to describe a mosaic pattern formed from small tiles, blocks, or stones pieced together:
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Throes
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Pangs of despair
In the throes of ___
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Tirade
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Speech of anger
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Topography
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Study of lands surface
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Torpid
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Slow sluggish barely even moving
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Torrid
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Hot, both literal an figurative
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Tout
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Brag about
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Traduce
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Speak badly about someone
