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n.
apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball


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a. Syn. real; palpable
able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable


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n. Syn. rate; pace
beat or speed of music; rate or rhythm of activity; pace


Spelling Word: tempo
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a. Syn. concise; brief
effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth


Spelling Word: terse
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n. Syn. push; drive
push; force used in pushing ; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses


Spelling Word: thrust
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n.
exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey


Spelling Word: toil
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n.
something producing physical, mental, or emotional vigor


Spelling Word: tonic
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n. Syn. cyclone; windstorm
cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm


Spelling Word: tornado
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n. Syn. deal
deal; communication involving two or more people that affects all those involved


Spelling Word: transaction
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n.
one of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, and parallel to it; hot and humid place


Spelling Word: tropic