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"F-" Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Facetious

A

Playful; humorous (adj)

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2
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Fallacy

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An invalid or incorrect notion (n)

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Fallow

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Untilled, inactive, dormant (adj)

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Fanatical

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Zealous; single-mindedly obsessed with one thing (adj)

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Fastidious

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Excessively particular, critical, or demanding (adj)

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Fatuous

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Silly, inanely foolish (adj)

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Fawn

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To flatter or praise excessively (adj)

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Feckless

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Ineffectual; irresponsible (adj)

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Felicitous

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Suitably expressed; well chosen; delightful (adj)

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Fervent

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Greatly emotional or zealous (adj)

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Fetid

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Stinking, having a bad smell (adj)

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Fetter

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To shackle, put in chains; restrain (v)

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Fickle

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A likeliness to casually change one’s mind (adj)

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Filibuster

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Intentional obstruction, usually using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action (n)

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Filigree

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An ornamental work, arabesque design (n)

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Flag

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To sag or droop, to decline (v)

17
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Flip

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sarcastic, impertinent (adj)

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Florid

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Flushed with color, ornate (adj)

19
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Flout

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To demonstrate contempt for (v)

20
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Foment

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To stir up, incite (v)

21
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Forbearance

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Patience, willingness to wait (n)

22
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Ford

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To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream (v)

23
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Forestall

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To act in a way to hinder, exclude or prevent an action (v)

24
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Forswear

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To renounce, disallow, repudiate (v)

25
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Foruitous

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Happening by fortunate accident or chance (adj)

26
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Fracas

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Noisy fight or quarrel, brawl (n)

27
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Fractious

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Quarrlsome, rebellious, unruly, cranky (adj)

28
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Froward

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Intractable; not willing to yield or comply (adj)

29
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Frugal

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Prudent in saving; not wasteful (adj)

30
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Fulminate

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To attack loudly or denounce (v)

31
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Furtive

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Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious (adj)

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