AVID VOCAB QUIZ WEEK 5 Flashcards by lesly Perez | Brainscape

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Flagrant

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Outrageous, shameless

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Flamboyant

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Flashy, garish; exciting, dazzling

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Fledgling

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Young bird just learning to fly, beginner, novice

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Florid

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Gaudy, extremely conate; ruddy; flushed

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Flounder

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To falter, waver; to muddle, struggle

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Flout

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To treat contemptuously, scorn

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Fluctuate

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To alternate, waver

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Fodder

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raw material; feed for animals

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Foible

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Minor weakness or character flaw

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Foil

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To defeat, frustrate

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Foment

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To arouse or incite

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Foliate

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To grow, sprout leaves

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Forbearance

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Patience, restraint, leniency

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Ford

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To cross a body of water at a shallow place

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Foreboding

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dark sense of evil to come

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Foreclosure

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To rule out; to seize debtor’s property for lack of payments

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Forlorn

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Dreary, deserted; unhappy; hopeless, despairing

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Forestall

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To prevent, delay; anticipate

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Forgo

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To go without, refrain from