"F" Word List Flashcards
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facile
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Easy; effortless
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factious
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causing disagreement
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factotum
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an employee who can do all kinds of work
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fallacious
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misleading; deceptive
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fallow
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inactive; unproductive
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farcical
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absurd; rediculous
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fastidious
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hard to please
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fatuous
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foolish
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fauna
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animals of a certain area
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faze
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to disturb; to discourage
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fealty
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loyalty; devotion
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febrile
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feverish
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fecund
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fertile; productive
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feign
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to pretend
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feint
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a false show; a pretended blow
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felicity
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happiness
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ferment
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a state of agitation or excitement
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fervid
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very emotional
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fete
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to honor; to entertain
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fetter
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to confine; to put into chains
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fiat
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an official order
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filch
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to steal
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filial
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like a son or daughter
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firebrand
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one who stirs up a revolution
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firmament
sky; heavens
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fitful
irregular; occurring in spurts
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flagellate
to whip
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flagrant
scandalous; shocking
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flay
to strip the skin off; to criticize sharply
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fledgling
a young, inexperienced person
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flotilla
small fleet of ships
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flotsam
floating cargo or wreckage
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flout
to mock; to ridicule
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fluvial
pertaining to a river
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foible
a weakness; minor fault
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foist (on)
to pass off merchandise that is inferior
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folderol
nonsense
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foment
to stir up; to instigate
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fop
an excessively vain man
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foray
a sudden attack
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forbearance
patience; restraint
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forebear
ancestor
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forestall
to prevent by action in advance; to anticipate
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fortuitous
lucky; by chance
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fracas
a loud quarrel
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fractious
irritable; quarrelsome; stubborn
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frowzy
dirty; unkempt
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fugacious
pertaining to the passing of time
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fulminate
to explode; to denounce
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fulsome
disgusting; sickening; repulsive
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furor
rage; frenzy; fury
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furtive
stealthy; secretive
