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F Flashcards

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Fabrication

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A lie; something made up

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Facetious

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Humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous

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Facile

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Fluent; 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; finicky

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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

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Fecund

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Fertile; productive

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Felicity

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Happiness; skillfulness, especially at expressing things; adeptness

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Fervor

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Great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal

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Fetter

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To restrain; to hamper

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Fidelity

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Faithfulness; loyalty

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Figurative

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Based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually used for something else; metaphorical

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Finesse

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Skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness

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Flagrant

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Glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous

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Flaunt

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Show off; to display ostentatiously

19
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Flout

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To disregard something out of disrespect

20
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Foible

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A minor character flaw

21
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Foment

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To stir up; to instigate

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Forbear

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To refrain from; to abstain

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Forego

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To do without; to forbear

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Forsake

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To abandon; to renounce; to relinquish

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Fortuitous

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Accidental; occurring by chance

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Founder

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To fail; to collapse; to sink

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Fraternal

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Like brothers

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Frenetic

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Frantic; frenzied

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Frugal

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Economical; penny-pinching

30
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Furtive

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Secretive; sly

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Futile

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Useless; hopeless

32
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Fastidious

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Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

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