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facetious

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Amusing.

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facility

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Ease.

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facsimile

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An exact copy or reproduction.

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faction

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A number of persons combined for a common purpose.

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factious

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Turbulent.

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fallacious

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Illogical.

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fallacy

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Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning.

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fallible

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Capable of erring.

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fallow

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Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.

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fanatic

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A religious zealot.

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fastidious

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Hard to please.

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fealty

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Loyalty.

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felonious

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Showing criminal or evil purpose.

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ferocious

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Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature.

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gait

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Carriage of the body in going.

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gallant

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Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.

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gambol

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Playful leaping or frisking.

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gamut

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The whole range or sequence.

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garrote

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To execute by strangling.

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generic

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Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.

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genesis

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Creation.

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genteel

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Well-bred or refined.

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germane

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Relevant.

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germinate

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To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form.

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gesticulate

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To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech.

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gesture

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A movement or action of the hands or face for expression.

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ghastly

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Hideous.

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gibe

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To utter taunts or reproaches.

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glacial

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Icy, or icily cold.

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glutinous

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Sticky.

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gluttonous

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Given to excess in eating.

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gnash

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To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage.

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gossamer

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Flimsy.

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gourmand

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A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.

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graceless

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Ungracious.

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gradation

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A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series.

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gradient

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Moving or advancing by steps.

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grandeur

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The quality of being grand or admirably great.

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grandiloquent

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Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style.

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grapple

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To take hold of.

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indefinitely

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In a vague or uncertain way.

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indelible

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That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed.

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indestructible

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That can not be destroyed.

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indigence

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Poverty.

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indigestible

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Not digestible, or difficult to digest.

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indiscernible

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Not perceptible.

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indiscreet

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Lacking wise judgment.

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indiscriminate

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Promiscuous.

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indistinct

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Vague.

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indolent

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Habitually inactive or idle.