F Flashcards by Sara Chen | Brainscape

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Fanfare

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Trumpet flourish to mark the arrival of someone important

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Facetious

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Supposed to be funny but silly/inappropriate

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Farce

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Absurd situation

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Fastidious

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Demanding

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fauna

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Animal life

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Feasible

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Possible

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Feckless

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Unlikely to be successful

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Fecund

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Fertile; highly imaginative

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Felicitous

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Appropriate; pleasant

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Felicity

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Something producing happiness

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Fetid

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Nauseating

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Fib

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White lie

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Filibuster

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Political delaying tactic

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Finagle

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Get something by trickery

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Firebrand

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Agitator

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Fixture

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Established person

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Flag

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To become weak or tired

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Flagrant

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Scandalous

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Flax

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Plant yielding linen fiber and oil

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Flippant

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Not taking something seriously enough

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Florid

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Unhealthily glowing pink/red complexion

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Flotilla

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Fleet of vessels; group of things moving together

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Flout

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Openly ignore law or convention

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Foible

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Weakness or quirk

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Forage

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Food for animals

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Forbearance

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Impatience

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Forego

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Precede

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Forensics

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Study of debating

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Forestall

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Prevent or hinder

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Formulaic

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Unoriginal

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Forthright

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Outspoken; direct

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Fortitude

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Determination

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Fortuitous

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Happening by lucky chance

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Founder

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Break down; fail

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Fractious

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Irritable and complaining

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Fraternize

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Spend time with people

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Freight

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Goods for transportation

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Fugitive

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Runaway

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Fulsome

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Excessively complimentary; fawning to the point of being offensive

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Fundamentalism

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Movement advocating return to traditional principles

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Furtive

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Secretive