F Vocabulary Flashcards by safa hassan

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Facetious

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Humorous

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Facilitate

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To make less difficult

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Factotum

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Handyman, man who does lots of work

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Fallacious

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Based on false idea or fact, misleading

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Fallow

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Uncultivated

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Fatuous

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Foolishly self satisfied

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Fauna

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Animals of a period or region

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Fawning

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Seeking favour by flattery

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Felicitous

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Suitably expressed, well chosen

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Feral

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Existing in a wild, untamed state

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Fervor

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Warmth and intensity of emotion

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Fetid

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Having a bad smell

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Fetter

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To bind, confine

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Fiat

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Arbitrary order, authorization

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Fidelity

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Loyalty

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Filibuster

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Use of obstructive tactics to block passage of law

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Finesse

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Handle with deceptive strategy

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Fissure

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Crevice

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Flag

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Grow weak, droop

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Fledgling

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Beginner, novice

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Flora

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Plants of a region or era

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Florid

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Ruddy, reddish, flowery

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Flourish

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Embellishment

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Flout

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To treat scornfully (anger, frustrated)

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Flux

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Flowing, a continue moving

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Foment

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To invite, arouse

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Forbearance

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Patience

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Forestall

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To prevent, delay

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Formidable

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Menacing, threatening

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Forswear

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Renounce, repudiate

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Founder

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To sink, collapse

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Fracas

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A loud quarrel/brawl

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Fractious

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Quarrelsome, rebellious

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Fresco

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Painting done on plaster

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Frieze

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Ornamental band on wall

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Froward

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Stubbornly contrary, disobedient

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Frugality

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Thrift

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Fulminate

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To attack loudly, denounce

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Fulsome

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Excessive, being disgusting

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Fusion

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Union, synthesis