F Flashcards

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Fact

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truth validated by human testing, therefore eliciting arbitrary confident reactions.

Validated actuality

Activity

Validated vision

Mode of being

Idea

Action

Confident activity

a construct made by our imagination to describe things that we can potentially react to.

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Faith

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Trust

Trust has the potentiality of doubt to come in

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Freedom

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Empowerment of individuals balanced by respect for others within fair and inclusive social frameworks.

Lack of oppression

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Framework

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a real or conceptual structure intended to serve as a support or guide for the building of something that expands the structure into something useful

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Force theory

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That the state was born of force

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Frugal

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sparing or economical with regard to money or food.

simple and plain and costing little.

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Federalism

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a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government

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Federal government

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a central government of a nation

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Functional relation

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Something or someone operating or operating with something or someone else

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Functional

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relating to the way in which something works or operates.

working or operating.

designed to be practical and useful, rather than attractive

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Functional sentences

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sentences that ask questions, give commands, or assert something

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Forum

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a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.

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Fume

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gas, smoke, or vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to
inhale.

emit gas, smoke, or vapor.

feel, show, or express great anger.

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Farcical

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relating to or resembling farce, especially because of absurd or ridiculous aspects.

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Farce

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an absurd event.

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Feint

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Make a deceptive or distracting movement, especially during a fight.

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Facade

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the face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space

an outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality.

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Figure

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a number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company.

the number of digits in a monetary amount, with each “figure” representing a place value, like thousands, millions, or billions

an amount of money.

arithmetical calculations.

a person’s bodily shape, especially that of a woman and when considered to be attractive.

a person seen indistinctly, especially at a distance.

a representation of a human or animal form in drawing or sculpture

a person of a particular kind, especially one who is important or distinctive in some way

a diagram or illustrative drawing, especially in a book or magazine

represent (something) in a diagram or picture.

a pattern formed by the movements of a group of people, for example in square dancing or synchronized swimming, as part of a longer dance or display.

a short succession of notes producing a single impression.

be a significant and noticeable part of something.

(of a person) play a significant role in a situation or event.

think, consider, or expect to be the case.

(of a recent event or newly discovered fact) be logical and unsurprising.

calculate or work out (an amount or value) arithmetically.

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Form

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the visible shape or configuration of something.

a type or variety of something.

the customary or correct method or procedure; what is usually done

a mold, frame, or block in or on which something is shaped.

a printed document with blank spaces for information to be inserted.

the state of an athlete or sports team with regard to their current standard of performance.

bring together parts or combine to create (something).

influence or shape (something abstract).

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Forfeit

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lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing

lose or give up (something) as a necessary consequence of something else.

a fine or penalty for wrongdoing or for a breach of the rules in a club or game.

an item of property or a right or privilege lost as a legal penalty.

lost or surrendered as a penalty for wrongdoing or neglect.

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For the sake of it

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For no reason at all

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Forefather

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a member of the past generations of one’s family or people; an ancestor.

a precursor of a particular movement.

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Fratricidal

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relating to or denoting conflict within a single family or organization.

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Foully

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in a way that is wicked, shameful, unfair, insulting, or extremely unpleasant

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Fed up

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annoyed or upset at a situation or treatment.

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Fractal

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a curve or geometric figure, each part of which has the same statistical character as the whole. Fractals are useful in modeling structures (such as eroded coastlines or snowflakes) in which similar patterns recur at progressively smaller scales, and in describing partly random or chaotic phenomena such as crystal growth, fluid turbulence, and galaxy formation

relating to or of the nature of a fractal or fractals.

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Fantabulous

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excellent; wonderful.

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Forlornness

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a feeling of sadness and loneliness that comes from being abandoned or forsaken

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Fashion

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a popular trend, especially in styles of dress and ornament or manners of behavior.

the production and marketing of new styles of goods, especially clothing and cosmetics.

a manner of doing something.

make into a particular or the required form.

use materials to make into.

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Fallibilism

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the principle that propositions concerning empirical knowledge can be accepted even though they cannot be proved with certainty.

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fête/feted

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honor or entertain (someone) lavishly.

Honored or entertained lavishly

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Flagged

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paved with flat stone slabs.

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Flag

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mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way.

draw attention to (something).

(of an official in football, soccer, and other sports) raise or throw a flag to indicate a breach of the rules.

charge (a player) with a penalty by dropping a penalty flag.

provide or decorate with a flag or flags.

register (a vessel) in a specific country, under whose flag it then sails

(of a person) become tired, weaker, or less enthusiastic.

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Fit

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of a suitable quality, standard, or type to meet the required purpose.

having the requisite qualities or skills to undertake something competently.

suitable and correct according to accepted social standards.

(of a person or thing) having reached such an extreme condition as to be on the point of doing the thing specified.

ready

in good health, especially because of regular physical exercise.

be of the right shape and size for.

try clothing on (someone) in order to make or alter it to the correct size

be of the right size, shape, or number to occupy a particular position or place.

fix or put (something) into place.

provide (something) with a particular component or article.

join or cause to join together to form a whole.

be in agreement or harmony with; match.

(of an attribute, qualification, or skill) make (someone) suitable to fulfill a particular role or undertake a particular task.

the particular way in which something, especially a garment or component, fits around or into something.

the particular way in which a thing matches something else.

the particular way in which a thing matches something else.

a sudden uncontrollable outbreak of intense emotion, laughter, coughing, or other action or activity.

a sudden attack of convulsions and/or loss of consciousness, typical of epilepsy and some other medical conditions.

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Fling

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throw or hurl forcefully.

move or push (something) suddenly or violently.

throw oneself headlong.

wholeheartedly engage in or begin on (an enterprise

put on or take off clothes carelessly or rapidly.

utter (words) forcefully.

go angrily or violently; rush.

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Fathom

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a unit of length equal to six feet (approximately 1.8 m), chiefly used in reference to the depth of water.

understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought.

measure the depth of (water).

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Faction

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a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.

a state of conflict within an organization; dissension.

a literary and cinematic genre in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization.

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-faction

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in nouns of action derived from verbs ending in -fy (such as satisfaction from satisfy ).