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temperament

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For Spencer, who admits to having a fiery temperament on the field, it was not just opponents on the wrong end of his aggression.

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For the past few months, he has been learning the violin’s temperament.

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It would have to suit Simon’s talents and temperament, while also allowing him to be completely unrecognizable.

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I knew the baroness to be stingy, rigid, and mean—the perfect temperament to throw a well-run school into turmoil.

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“As long as I’ve known him, he is by temperament a very cautious man,” the judge said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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