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| 1 | sycophant | (noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
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| 2 | sycophant | (noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
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| 3 | synopsis | (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
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| 4 | taciturn | (adjective) habitually reserved and uncommunicative
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| 5 | talon | (noun) a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
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| 6 | tamp | (noun) a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) (verb) press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
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| 7 | tamper | (noun) a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) (verb) play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts" (verb) intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!"
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| 8 | tangential | (adjective satellite) of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark" (adjective) of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent; "tangential forces"
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| 9 | tarnished | (adjective satellite) especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name"
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| 10 | taunt | (noun) aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
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| 11 | taut | (adjective satellite) pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope" (adjective satellite) subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"
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| 12 | tautology | (noun) useless repetition; "to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology" (noun) (logic) a statement that is necessarily true; "the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology"
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| 13 | tawdry | (adjective satellite) cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist (adjective satellite) tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
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| 14 | tease | (noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent" (noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men (noun) someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) (verb) ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" (verb) mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman" (verb) separate the fibers of; "tease wool" (verb) disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool" (verb) raise the nap of (fabrics) (verb) tear into pieces; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations" (verb) annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" (verb) to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them; "The advertisement is intended to tease the customers"; "She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior"
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| 15 | tedious | (adjective satellite) using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes" (adjective satellite) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention";
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| 16 | teetotal | (verb) practice teetotalism and abstain from the consuymption of alcoholic beverages (adjective satellite) practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
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| 17 | temerity | (noun) fearless daring
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| 18 | temperance | (noun) the act of tempering (noun) abstaining from excess (noun) the trait of avoiding excesses
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| 19 | temperate | (adjective satellite) not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism" (adjective) not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking" (adjective) (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants"
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| 20 | tenacity | (noun) persistent determination
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| 21 | tenuous | (adjective satellite) having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot" (adjective satellite) very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread" (adjective satellite) having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"
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| 22 | terse | (adjective satellite) brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
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| 23 | terse | (adjective satellite) brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
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| 24 | thrift | (noun) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (noun) any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
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| 25 | timid | (noun) people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid" (adjective) showing fear and lack of confidence (adjective satellite) lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady" (adjective satellite) lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man" (adjective satellite) contemptibly timid
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| 26 | timorous | (adjective satellite) timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"
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| 27 | tolerable | (adjective satellite) neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French" (adjective) able to be tolerated or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable"
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| 28 | tonic | (noun) a medicine that strengthens and invigorates (noun) (music) the first note of a diatonic scale (noun) a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics" (noun) lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine (adjective satellite) imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" (adjective) used of syllables; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word" (adjective satellite) relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale; "tonic harmony" (adjective) employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words; "Chinese is a tonal language" (adjective) of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue; "a tonic reflex"; "tonic muscle contraction"
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| 29 | topple | (verb) fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it" (verb) cause to topple or tumble by pushing
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| 30 | torment | (noun) the act of harassing someone (noun) a severe affliction (noun) intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" (noun) extreme mental distress (noun) a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors" (noun) unbearable physical pain (verb) subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" (verb) torment emotionally or mentally (verb) treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
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| 31 | torpid | (adjective satellite) slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" (adjective satellite) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"
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| 32 | tortuous | (adjective satellite) not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning" (adjective satellite) highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by lab (adjective satellite) marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"
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| 33 | tout | (noun) one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) (noun) someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way (noun) someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit (verb) show off (verb) advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention"
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| 34 | toy | (noun) any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets (noun) copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size (noun) an artifact designed to be played with (noun) a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier); "a toy stove" (verb) engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stockmarket"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" (verb) manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" (verb) behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"
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| 35 | tractable | (adjective satellite) readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a responsive student" (adjective) easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "gold is tractable"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler
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| 36 | transgress | (verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) (verb) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law (verb) act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law" (verb) spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"
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| 37 | transient | (noun) (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load (noun) one who stays for only a short time; "transient laborers" (adjective) of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind (adjective satellite) enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
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| 38 | transitory | (adjective satellite) enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
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| 39 | trenchant | (adjective satellite) clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong" (adjective satellite) characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting expose"; "a trenchant argument" (adjective satellite) having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"
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| 40 | trend | (noun) the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own" (noun) a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" (noun) general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" (noun) a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" (verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
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| 41 | trepidation | (noun) a feeling of alarm or dread
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| 42 | trepidation | (noun) a feeling of alarm or dread
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| 43 | trifling | (noun) the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working (adjective satellite) not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"
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| 44 | trite | (adjective satellite) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
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| 45 | truculence | (noun) obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
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| 46 | trudge | (noun) a long difficult walk (verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
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| 47 | turbid | (adjective satellite) (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
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| 48 | turbulence | (noun) unstable flow of a liquid or gas (noun) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence" (noun) instability in the atmosphere
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| 49 | turbulence | (noun) unstable flow of a liquid or gas (noun) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence" (noun) instability in the atmosphere
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