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This week's theme: Words to describe people.
tremulous (TREM-yuh-luhs) adjective
1. Trembling.
2. Timid; nervous.
[From Latin tremere (to tremble).]
Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=tremulous
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"The activist, actress and mother of two -- Maddox, 4, and Zahara,
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Donna Freydkin; For Angelina Jolie, Good Works; USA Today; Oct 13, 2005.
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