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Fabulous

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Incredible; imaginative

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Fabricate

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To construct; to lie

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Facade

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Outward appearance

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Facet

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Aspect

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Facetious

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Joking; sarcastic

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Faction

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A minority within a larger group

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Factious

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Causing disagreement

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Factitious

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Artificial

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Factotum

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Am employee who can do all kinds of work

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Faculty

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Power; ability; skill

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Fallacious

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Misleading; deceptive

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Fallible

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Capable of error

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Fallow

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Inactive; unproductive

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Falter

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To stumble; to hesitate

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Fanciful

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Unreal; imaginative; unpredictable

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Fanfare

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Noisy or showy display

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Farcical

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Absurd; ridiculous

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Fastidious

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Hard to please

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Fatalistic

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Believing that all things in life are inevitable

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Fathom

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Nautical measure of 6 feet in depth (n); to comprehend (v)

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Fatuous

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Foolish

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Fauna

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Animals of a certain area

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Fawn

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A young deer (n); to act slavishly submissive (v)

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Faze

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To disturb; to discourage

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Fealty

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Loyalty; devotion

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Feasible

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Capable of being accomplished; suitable

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Feat

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Deed or accomplishment

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Febrile

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Feverish

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Fecund

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Fertile; productive

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Feign

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To pretend

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Feint

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A false show; a pretended blow

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Felicity

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Happiness

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Fell

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To knock down (v); fierce or cruel (adj)

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Felonious

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Treacherous; base; villainous

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Ferment

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A state of agitation or excitement

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Ferret

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A small animal Of the weasel family (n); to search or drive out (v)

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Fervent

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Eager; earnest

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Fervid

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Very emotional

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Fester

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To rot

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Fete

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To honor; to entertain

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Fetid

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Foul-smelling

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Fetter

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To confine; to put into chains

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Fiasco

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A total disaster

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Fiat

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An official order

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Fickle

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Changeable in affections; unfaithful

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Filial

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Like a son or daughter

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Finesse

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Diplomacy; tact

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Finicky

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Extremely particular; fussy

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Finite

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Limited; measurable

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Firebrand

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One who Stirs up a revolution

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Firmament

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Sky; heavens

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Fiscal

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Pertaining to finances

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Fitful

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Irregular; occurring in spurts

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Flabbergasted

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Astonished; made speechless

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Flaccid

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Flabby

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Flag

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A banner (n); to droop or to slow down (v)

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Flagellate

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To whip

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Flagrant

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Scandalous; shocking

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Flail

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To strike freely and wildly

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Flair

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A knack; a natural talent

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Flamboyant

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Showy; conspicuous

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Flay

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To strip the skin off; to criticize sharply

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Fledgling

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A young, inexperienced person

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Fleece

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Wool of a lamb (n); to swindle (v)

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Flippant

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Treating serious matters lightly

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Flora

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Plant life of a certain area

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Florid

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Flowery; ornate

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Flotilla

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Small fleet of ships

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Flotsam

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Floating cargo or wreckage

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Flout

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To mock; to ridicule

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Fluster

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To upset; to confuse

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Fluvial

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Pertaining to a river

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Flux

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State of continual change

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Foible

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A weakness; a minor fault

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Foil

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To prevent the success of a plan (v); a person, who by contrast, makes another person seem better (n)

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Foist

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To pass off merchandise that is inferior

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Folderol

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Nonsense

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Folly

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A foolish action

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Foment

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To stir up; to instigate

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Foolhardy

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Foolish; reckless

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Fop

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Am excessively vain man

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Foray

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A sudden attack

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Forbearance

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Patience; restraint

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Forebear

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Ancestor

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Foreboding

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A warning; an omen

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Foregone

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Long past

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Forensic

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Pertaining to a formal discussion or debate

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Forerunner

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Ancestor; predecessor

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Forestall

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To prevent by action in advance; to anticipate

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Forgo

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To do without; to give up

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Formidable

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Dreadful; discouraging

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Forte

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Strong point

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Forthright

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Direct; frank

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Fortitude

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Strength; courage

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Fortnight

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Two weeks; fourteen days

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Fortuitous

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Lucky; by chance

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Foster

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To nourish; to encourage

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Fracas

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A loud quarrel

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Fractious

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Irritable; quarrelsome; stubborn

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Frailty

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A weakness; a defect

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Franchise

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Special right or privilege

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Fraternal

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Brotherly

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Fraudulent

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Dishonest; cheating

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Fraught

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Filled

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Fray

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A noisy quarrel (n); to unravel or to come apart (v)

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Frenetic

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Frantic; wild

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Frenzy

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Madness; fury

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Freshet

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A fresh water stream

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Fretful

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Worried; irritated

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Frivolous

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Trivial; silly

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Frowzy

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Dirty; unkempt

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Frugal

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Economical; thrifty

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Fruition

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Fulfillment; realization

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Fruitless

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Barren; yielding no results

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Frustrate

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To prevent; to discourage

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Fugacious

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Pertaining to the passing of time

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Fulminate

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To explode; to denounce

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Fulsome

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Disgusting; sickening; repulsive

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Furor

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Rage; frenzy; fury

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Furtive

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Stealthy; secretive

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Fusion

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A union; merging

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Futile

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Useless

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