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fallow

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dormant; unused

-idle, inactive, unseeded

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fanatical

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acting excessively enthusiastic; filling with extreme, unquestioned devotion
-extremist, fiery, frenzied, zealous

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fatuous

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stupid; foolishly self-satisfied

-absurd, ludicrous, preposterous, ridiculous, silly

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fawn

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to grovel

-bootlick, pander, toady

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fecund

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fertile; fruitful; productive

-flourishing, prolific

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fervid

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intensely emotional; feverish

-burning, impassioned, passionate, vehement, zealous

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fetid

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foul-smelling; putrid

-funky, malodorous, noisome, rank

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flag

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to decline in vigor, strength, or interest

-dwindle, ebb, slacken, subside, wane

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florid

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excessively decorated or embellished

-baroque, elaborate, flamboyant, ornate, ostentatious, rococo

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foment

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to arouse or incite

-agitate, impassion, inflame, instigate, kindle

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ford

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to cross a body of water by wading

-traverse, wade

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forestall

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to prevent or delay; to anticipate

-avert, deter, hinder, obviate, preclude

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fortuitous

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happening by chance; fortunate

-chance, haphazard, lucky, propitious, prosperous

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fractious

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unruly; rebellious

-contentious, cranky, peevish, quarrelsome

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frenetic

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frantic, frenzied

-corybantic, delirious, feverish, mad, rabid, wild

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frugality

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tending to be thrifty or cheap

-economy, parsimony, prudence, sparingness

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furtive

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secret; stealthy

-clandestine, covert, shifty, surreptitious, underhand