Tepid has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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| 1. | The majority of mankind is lazy-minded, incurious, absorbed in vanities, and tepid in emotion, and is therefore incapable of either much doubt or much faith; and when the ordinary man calls himself a sceptic or an unbeliever, that is ordinarily a simple pose, cloaking a disinclination to think anything out to a conclusion. | |
| 2. | If you ask someone, "Is the room cold?" then a person might be unable to answer true or false, since the room maybe tepid, or chilly; this is why a binary system of truth fails to capture many nuances. |