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Tacit
silently understood; implied
Talisman
charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune
Tangential
peripheral; disgressing
Tautology
unnecessary repetition
Taxonomy
science of classification; in biology, the process of classifying organisms in catergories
Tenet
belief; doctrine
Tenuous
weak; insubstantial
Theocracy
government by priest representing a god
Timbre
the characteristic quality of sound produved by a particular instument or voice; tone color
Toady
flatterer; hanger-on; yes-man
Tome
book, usually large and academic
Torpor
Lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness
Torque
turning or twisting force; the moment of a force; the measure of a force's tendency to produce twisting or turning and rotation around an axis
Tortuous
having many twist and turns; highly complex
Tout
to promote or praise energetically
Tractable
obedient; yielding
Transient
temporary; short-lived; fleeting
Travail
work, especially arduoud work; tribulation; anguish
Travesty
parody; exaggeratedd imitation; caricature
Treatise
article treating a subjent systematically and thoroughly
Tremulous
trembling; quivering; frugal; timid
Truculence
aggressiveness; ferocity
Tryst
agreement between lovers to meet; rendezvous
Tumid
swollen; distended
Turbid
muddy; opaque; in state of great confusion
Turgid
swollen; bloated; pompous
Tutelary
serving as a guardian or protector
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