 | Term | Definition |
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tableau |
n. An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life. |
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tacit |
adj. Understood. |
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taciturn |
adj. Disinclined to conversation. |
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tack |
n. A small sharp-pointed nail. |
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tact |
n. Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing. |
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tactician |
n. One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness. |
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tactics |
n. Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object. |
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tangency |
n. The state of touching. |
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tangent |
adj. Touching. |
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tangible |
adj. Perceptible by touch. |
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tannery |
n. A place where leather is tanned. |
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tantalize |
v. To tease. |
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tantamount |
adj. Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import. |
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tapestry |
n. A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings. |
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tarnish |
v. To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way. |
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taut |
adj. Stretched tight. |
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taxation |
n. A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution. |
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taxidermy |
n. The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them. |
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technic |
adj. Technical. |
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technicality |
n. Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like. |
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technique |
n. Manner of performance. |
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technography |
n. The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development. |
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technology |
n. The knowledge relating to industries and manufactures. |
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teem |
v. To be full to overflowing. |
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telepathy |
n. Thought-transference. |
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telephony |
n. The art or process of communicating by telephone. |
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telescope |
v. To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass. |
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telltale |
adj. That gives warning or information. |
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temerity |
n. Recklessness. |
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temporal |
adj. Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life. |
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temporary |
adj. Lasting for a short time only. |
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temporize |
v. To pursue a policy of delay. |
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tempt |
v. To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong. |
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tempter |
n. An allurer or enticer to evil. |
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tenacious |
adj. Unyielding. |
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tenant |
n. An occupant. |
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tendency |
n. Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end. |
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tenet |
n. Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true. |
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tenor |
n. A settled course or manner of progress. |
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tense |
adj. Strained to stiffness. |
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tentative |
adj. Done as an experiment. |
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tenure |
n. The term during which a thing is held. |
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tercentenary |
adj. Pertaining to a period of 300 years. |
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termagant |
adj. Violently abusive and quarrelsome. |
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terminal |
adj. Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit. |
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terminate |
v. To put an end or stop to. |
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termination |
n. The act of ending or concluding. |
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terminus |
n. The final point or goal. |
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terrify |
v. To fill with extreme fear. |
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territorial |
adj. Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction. |
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terse |
adj. Pithy. |
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testament |
n. A will. |
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testator |
n. The maker of a will. |
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testimonial |
n. A formal token of regard, often presented in public. |
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thearchy |
n. Government by a supreme deity. |
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theism |
n. Belief in God. |
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theocracy |
n. A government administered by ecclesiastics. |
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theocrasy |
n. The mixed worship of polytheism. |
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theologian |
n. A professor of divinity. |
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theological |
adj. Based on or growing out of divine revelation. |
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theology |
n. The branch of theological science that treats of God. |
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theoretical |
adj. Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications. |
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theorist |
n. One given to speculating. |
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theorize |
v. To speculate. |
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thereabout |
adv. Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately. |
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therefor |
adv. For that or this. |
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thermal |
adj. Of or pertaining to heat. |
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thermoelectric |
adj. Denoting electricity produced by heat. |
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thermoelectricity |
n. Electricity generated by differences of temperature, |
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thesis |
n. An essay or treatise on a particular subject. |
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thoroughbred |
adj. Bred from the best or purest blood or stock. |
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thoroughfare |
n. A public street or road. |
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thrall |
n. One controlled by an appetite or a passion. |
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tilth |
n. Cultivation. |
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timbre |
n. The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch. |
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timorous |
adj. Lacking courage. |
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tincture |
n. A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine. |
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tinge |
n. A faint trace of color. |
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tipsy |
adj. Befuddled with drinks. |
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tirade |
n. Harangue. |
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tireless |
adj. Untiring. |
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tiresome |
adj. Wearisome. |
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Titanic |
adj. Of vast size or strength. |
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toilsome |
adj. Laborious. |
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tolerable |
adj. Moderately good. |
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tolerance |
n. Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others. |
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tolerant |
adj. Indulgent. |
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tolerate |
v. To passively permit or put up with. |
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toleration |
n. A spirit of charitable leniency. |
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topography |
n. The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy. |
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torpor |
n. Apathy. |
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torrid |
adj. Excessively hot. |
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tortious |
adj. Wrongful. |
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tortuous |
adj. Abounding in irregular bends or turns. |
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torturous |
adj. Marked by extreme suffering. |
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tractable |
adj. Easily led or controlled. |
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trait |
n. A distinguishing feature or quality. |
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trajectory |
n. The path described by a projectile moving under given forces. |
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trammel |
n. An impediment. |
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tranquil |
adj. Calm. |
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tranquilize |
v. To soothe. |
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tranquility |
n. Calmness. |
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transalpine |
adj. Situated on the other side of the Alps. |
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transact |
v. To do business. |
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transatlantic |
adj. Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic. |
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transcend |
v. To surpass. |
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transcendent |
adj. Surpassing. |
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transcontinental |
adj. Extending or passing across a continent. |
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transcribe |
v. To write over again (something already written) |
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transcript |
n. A copy made directly from an original. |
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transfer |
v. To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another. |
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transferable |
adj. Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another. |
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transferee |
n. The person to whom a transfer is made. |
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transference |
n. The act of conveying from one person or place to another. |
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transferrer |
n. One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another. |
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transfigure |
v. To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to. |
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transfuse |
v. To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another. |
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transfusible |
adj. Capable of being poured from one vessel to another. |
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transfusion |
n. The act of pouring from one vessel to another. |
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transgress |
v. To break a law. |
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transience |
n. Something that is of short duration. |
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transient |
n. One who or that which is only of temporary existence. |
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transition |
n. Passage from one place, condition, or action to another. |
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transitory |
adj. Existing for a short time only. |
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translate |
v. To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect. |
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translator |
n. An interpreter. |
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translucence |
n. The property or state of allowing the passage of light. |
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translucent |
adj. Allowing the passage of light. |
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transmissible |
adj. That may e sent through or across. |
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transmission |
n. The act of sending through or across. |
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transmit |
v. To send trough or across. |
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transmute |
v. To change in nature, substance, or form. |
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transparent |
adj. Easy to see through or understand. |
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transpire |
v. To come to pass. |
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transplant |
v. To remove and plant in another place. |
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transposition |
n. The act of reversing the order or changing the place of. |
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transverse |
adj. Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction. |
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travail |
n. Hard or agonizing labor. |
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travesty |
n. A grotesque imitation. |
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treacherous |
adj. Perfidious. |
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treachery |
n. Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith. |
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treasonable |
adj. Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance. |
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treatise |
n. An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts. |
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treble |
adj. Multiplied by three. |
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trebly |
adv. Triply. |
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tremendous |
adj. Awe-inspiring. |
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tremor |
n. An involuntary trembling or shivering. |
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tremulous |
adj. Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness. |
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trenchant |
adj. Cutting deeply and quickly. |
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trepidation |
n. Nervous uncertainty of feeling. |
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trestle |
n. An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge. |
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triad |
n. A group of three persons of things. |
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tribune |
n. Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper. |
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trickery |
n. Artifice. |
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tricolor |
adj. Of three colors. |
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tricycle |
n. A three-wheeled vehicle. |
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trident |
n. The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune. |
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triennial |
adj. Taking place every third year. |
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trimness |
n. Neatness. |
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trinity |
n. A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance. |
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trio |
n. Three things grouped or associated together. |
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triple |
adj. Threefold. |
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triplicate |
adj. Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts. |
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triplicity |
n. The state of being triple or threefold. |
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tripod |
n. A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument. |
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trisect |
v. To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts. |
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trite |
adj. Made commonplace by frequent repetition. |
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triumvir |
n. One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority. |
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trivial |
adj. Of little importance or value. |
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troublesome |
adj. Burdensome. |
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truculence |
n. Ferocity. |
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truculent |
adj. Having the character or the spirit of a savage. |
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truism |
n. A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof. |
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truthful |
adj. Veracious. |
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turgid |
adj. Swollen. |
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turpitude |
n. Depravity. |
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tutelage |
n. The act of training or the state of being under instruction. |
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tutelar |
adj. Protective. |
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tutorship |
n. The office of a guardian. |
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twinge |
n. A darting momentary local pain. |
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typical |
adj. Characteristic. |
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typify |
v. To serve as a characteristic example of. |
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typographical |
adj. Pertaining to typography or printing. |
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typography |
n. The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter. |
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tyrannical |
adj. Despotic. |
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tyranny |
n. Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated. |
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tyro |
n. One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession. |
