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1
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fallacious

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false; based on fallacy

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feint

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trick; shift; sham blow

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felicitous

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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen

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fell

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cruel; deadly

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ferment

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agitation; commotion; unrest

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fervent

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ardent; zealous; hot

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fervid

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ardent; zealous; hot

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fester

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rankle; produce irritation or resentment

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fetid

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malodorous; foul

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fetter

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shackle; restrict freedom of

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fiat

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command; arbitrary order

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fallow

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plowed but not sowed; uncultivated

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fastidious

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difficult to please; squeamish; fussy

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fatalism

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belief that events are determined by forces or date beyond one’s control

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fatuous

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smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly

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fawning

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courting favor by flattery

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faze

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embarrass; disconcert

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18
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febrile

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feverish

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19
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filch

A

steal

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filial

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pertaining to a son or daughter

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21
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filibuster

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block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body

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22
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freebooter

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pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich

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filigree

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delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork

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firebrand

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piece of burning wood; hothead; troublemaker

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fitful

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spasmodic; intermittent; irregular

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flag

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droop; grow feeble

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flay

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strip off skin; plunder; criticize sharply

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fledgling

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inexperienced

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flippant

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lacking proper seriousness

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flit

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fly; fly or move lightly or quickly

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floe

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flat mass of floating ice

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32
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florid

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ruddy; reddish; flowery

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33
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flotsam

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drifting wreckage

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jetsam

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things thrown from a ship

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flounder

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struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter

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flout

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reject; mock; show contempt for

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curb

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something that checks; restrains

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fodder

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coarse food for cattle

39
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foible

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small weakness/fault of character

40
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foist

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insert improperly; impose upon another by coercion; pass off as genuine or worthy

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foment

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stir up; incite

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foolhardy

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rash; reckless

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foppish

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vain about dress and appearance

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foray

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raid; sudden raid or military advance

45
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forbearance

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patience; forgiveness

46
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ford

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place where a river can be crossed on foot

47
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foreboding

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premonition of evil; feeling of coming evil

48
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prefigure

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be a sign of; foreshadow

49
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forestall

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prevent by taking action in advance

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forswear

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renounce under oath; abjure

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forthright

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straighforward; direct; frank

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founder

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fail completely; sink

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fractious

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unruly; peevish; cranky

54
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fraught

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filled; full

55
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frieze

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ornamental horizontal band on a wall

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fritter

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waste

57
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fulminate

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thunder; explode

58
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furor

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frenzy; great anger

59
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fusillade

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simultaneous firing or outburst

60
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gadfly

A

irritating person

61
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gainsay

A

deny

62
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gale

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windstorm; emotional outburst

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gall (n)

A

bitterness

64
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gall (v)

A

annoy; exasperate; chafe

65
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galvanize

A

stimulate or shock by an electric current

66
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galvanic

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of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal

67
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gambit

A

opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed; action made to produce a future advantage

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gambol

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romp; skip about; leap about playfully; frolic

69
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gamely

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in a spirited manner

70
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gamut

A

entire range

71
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garbled

A

mixed up; jumbled

72
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gaunt

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lean and angular; emaciated; barren

73
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geniality

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cheerfulness; kindliness

74
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genteel

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well-bred; elegant

75
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gentry

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people of standing; people of good family or high social position

76
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genuflect

A

kneel in worship

77
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germane

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pertinent

78
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germinal

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creative

79
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gerontocracy

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government ruled by old people

80
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gerrymander

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change voting district lines to favor a political party

81
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gesticulation

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motion; gesture

82
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gibe

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mock; make jeering remarks

83
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gingerly

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very carfully

84
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glean

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gather leavings; gather bit by bit w/ difficulty

85
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glib

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fluent; facile; slick

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gloss over

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explain with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults

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glower

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scowl; glare; look or stare angrily

88
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glut

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overstock; fill beyond capacity

89
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gnarled

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twisted

90
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goad

A

urge on

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gossamer

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sheer; very light; like cobwebs

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