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fabrication

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something made up

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facetious

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not serious; clumsily humorous

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facile

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skillful in a superficial way; easy

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faction

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a group usually a small part of a larger group united around some cause; disagreement within an organization

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farcical

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absurd; ludicrous

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fastidious

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meticulous; demanding

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fatalist

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someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them

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fatuous

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foolish; silly; idiotic ;

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fauna

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animals ; flora animal

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fecund

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Adj fertile; productive

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felicity

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N happiness; skillfulness especially at expressing things; adeptness

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fervor

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N great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal ardor

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fetter

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V to restrain; to hamper

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fidelity

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N faithfulness; loyalty

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figurative

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Adj based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually for something else; metaphorical

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finesse

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impressive skill

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flagrant

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Adj glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous

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flaunt

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V show off; to display ostentatiously

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flout

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V to disregard something out of disrespect

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foible

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N a minor character flaw

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foment

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V to stir up; to instigate

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forbear

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v to refrain from ; to abstain

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forgo

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v to do without ; to forbear

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forsake

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v to abandon ; to renounce ; to relinquish

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fortuitous

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a accidental ; occurring by chance

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founder

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v to fail ; to collapse ; to sink

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fraternal

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a like brothers

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frenetic

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a frantic ; frenzied

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frugal

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a economical ; penny-pinching

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furtive

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a secretive ; sly

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futile

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a useless ; hopeless ;

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garrulous

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a talkative; chatty

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genre

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n a type or category especially of art or writing

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genteel

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a refined ; polite ; aristocratic ; affecting refinement

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gesticulate

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v to make gestures especially when speaking or in place of speaking

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glut

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n surplus ; an overabundance

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grandiloquent

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a pompous ; using a lot of big fancy words in an attempt to sound impressive

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grandiose

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a absurdly exaggerated

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gratuitous

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a given freely said of something bad ; unjustified ; unprovoked ; uncalled for

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gravity

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n seriousness

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gregarious

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a sociable ; enjoying the company of others

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guile

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n cunning ; duplicity ; artfulness

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hackneyed

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a overused ; trite ; stale

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hapless

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a unlucky unlucky

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harbinger

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n a forerunner ; a signal of ;

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hedonism

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n the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life

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hegemony

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n leadership especially of one nation over another

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heresy

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n any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs

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hermetic

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a impervious to external influence ; airtight

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heyday

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n golden age ; prime prime