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tacit assumption

taciturn magnanimity [taciturn = habitually untalkative]


tactical niceties


tameless energy


tangible realities


tangled network


tardy recognition


tarnished reputation


tart temper


tasteful gratification


tasteless insipidity


tattered mendicant [mendicant = beggar]


taunting accusation


tawdry pretentiousness


tearful sensibilities


tearing gallop


teasing persistency


technical precision


tedious formality


teeming population


temerarious assertion [temerarious = presumptuous; reckless]


temperamental complacency


tempered pathos


tempestuous breeze


temporary expedient


tenacious memory


tender solicitude


tense attention


tentative moment


tepid conviction


termagant wife [termagant = quarrelsome, scolding]


terrible sublimity


terrifying imprecations [imprecations = curses]


terse realism


testamentary document


thankless task


thawing laughter


theological complexities


thirsting ear

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