T Vocabulary Flashcards by safa hassan | Brainscape

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Tactic

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Silently understood, implied

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Taciturn

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Habitually untalkative

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Talisman

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Charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune

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Tangential

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Peripheral, digressing (leaving main point)

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Tautology

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Unnecessary repetition

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Taxonomy

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Science of classification

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Tenet

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Belief

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Tenuous

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Weak, insubstantial

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Theocracy

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Government of priests representing a god

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Thespian

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An actor/actress

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Timbre

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Characteristic quality of sound produced by particular instrument

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Tirade

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Long violent speech

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Toady

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Flatterer, yes-man

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Tome

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Book, large and academic

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Torpor

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Lethargy, dormancy, sluggish

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Torque

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Turning, twisting force

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Tortuous

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Having many twists and turns, highly complex

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Tout

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To promote or praise energetically

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Tractable

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Obedient, yielding

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Transgression

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Act of trespassing or violating law or rule

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Transient

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Temporary

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Translucent

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Partially transparent

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Travail

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Work, especially difficult work

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Travesty

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Parody, caricature

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Treatise

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Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly

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Tremulous

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Trembling, quivering l, frugal, timid

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Trepidation

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Fear and anxiety

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Truculence

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Aggressiveness

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Tryst

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Agreement between lovers to meet, rendezvous

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Tumid

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Swollen

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Turbid

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Muddy, opaque, state of confusion

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Turgid

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Swollen, bloated

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Tutelary

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Serving as a guardian/protector