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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


Spelling Word: tackle
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n. Syn. tactical
plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end


Spelling Word: tactic
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a.
domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften


Spelling Word: tame
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n.
electronic systems used in transmitting messages


Spelling Word: telecommunication
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a.
capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process


Spelling Word: tenable
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v. Syn. melt; defrost
melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze


Spelling Word: thaw
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a.
being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper


Spelling Word: tidy
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a.
being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable


Spelling Word: timely
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v.
walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.


Spelling Word: toddle
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n. Syn. passage; change
going from one state of action to another


Spelling Word: transition