"F" Word List Flashcards by Clayton Patterson | Brainscape

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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

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sky; heavens

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fitful

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irregular; occurring in spurts

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flagellate

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to whip

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flagrant

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scandalous; shocking

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flay

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to strip the skin off; to criticize sharply

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fledgling

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a young, inexperienced person

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flotilla

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small fleet of ships

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flotsam

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floating cargo or wreckage

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flout

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to mock; to ridicule

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fluvial

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pertaining to a river

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foible

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a weakness; minor fault

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foist (on)

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to pass off merchandise that is inferior

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folderol

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nonsense

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foment

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to stir up; to instigate

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fop

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an excessively vain man

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foray

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a sudden attack

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forbearance

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patience; restraint

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forebear

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ancestor

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forestall

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to prevent by action in advance; to anticipate

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fortuitous

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lucky; by chance

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fracas

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a loud quarrel

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fractious

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irritable; quarrelsome; stubborn

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frowzy

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dirty; unkempt

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fugacious

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pertaining to the passing of time

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fulminate

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to explode; to denounce

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fulsome

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disgusting; sickening; repulsive

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furor

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rage; frenzy; fury

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furtive

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stealthy; secretive