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facile

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easy, requiring little effort

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fallacious

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incorrect, misleading

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fastidious

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meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards

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fathom

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to understand, comprehend

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fatuous

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silly, foolish

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fecund

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fruitful, fertile

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felicitous

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well suited, apt

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feral

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wild, savage

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fervent

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ardent, passionate

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fetid

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having a foul odor

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fetter

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to chain, restrain

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fickle

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shifting in character, inconstant

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fidelity

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loyalty, devotion

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flaccid

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limp, not firm or strong

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flagrant

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offensive, egregious

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florid

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flowery, ornate

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flout

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to disregard or disobey openly

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foil

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to thwart, frustrate, defeat

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forbearance

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patience, restraint, toleration

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forestall

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to prevent, thwart, delay

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forlorn

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lonely, abandoned, hopeless

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forsake

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to give up, renounce

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fortitude

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strength, guts

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fortuitous

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happening by chance, often lucky or fortunate

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forum

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a medium for lecture or discussion

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fractious

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troublesome or irritable

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fraught

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usually used with, filled, or accompanied with

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frenetic

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frenzied, hectic, frantic

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frivolous

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of little importance, trifling

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furtive

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secretive, sly