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Pile 5 Flashcards

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Facile

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  1. (adj.) easy, requiring little effort

(This game is so facile that even a four-year- old can master it.)

  1. (adj.) superficial, achieved with minimal thought or care, insincere

(The business was in such shambles that any solution seemed facile at best; nothing could really helpit in the long-run.)

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Fallacious

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adj.) incorrect, misleading

Emily offered me cigarettes on the fallacious assumption that I smoked.

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Fastidious

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(adj.) meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards

Mark is so fastidious that he is never able to finish a project because it always seems imperfect to him.)

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Fathom

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(v.) to understand, comprehend

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Fatuous

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(adj.) silly, foolish

He considers himself a serious poet, but in truth, he only writes fatuous limericks.

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adj.) incorrect, misleading

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Fallacious

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  1. (adj.) easy, requiring little effort

2. (adj.) superficial, achieved with minimal thought or care, insincere

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Facile

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(adj.) meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards

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Fastidious

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(adj.) silly, foolish

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Fatuous

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Fecund

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(adj.) fruitful, fertile

The fecund tree bore enough apples to last us through the entire season.

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Felicitous

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  1. (adj.) well suited, apt

While his comments were idiotic and rambling, mine were felicitous and helpful.

  1. (adj.) delightful, pleasing

I spent a felicitous afternoon visiting old friends.

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Garish

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(adj.) gaudy, in bad taste

Mrs. Watson has poor taste and covers every object in her house with a garish gold lamé.

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Garrulous

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(adj.) talkative, wordy

Some talk show hosts are so garrulous that their guests can’t get a word in edgewise.

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Genial

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(adj.) friendly, affable

Although he’s been known to behave like a real jerk, I would say that my brother is an overall genial guy.

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(adj.) fruitful, fertile

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Fecund

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  1. (adj.) well suited, apt

2. (adj.) delightful, pleasing

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Felicitous

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(adj.) gaudy, in bad taste

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Garish

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(adj.) talkative, wordy

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Garrulous

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(adj.) friendly, affable

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Genial

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Goat

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(v.) to urge, spur, incite to action

Jim may think he’s not going to fight Billy, but Billy will goad Jim on with insults until he throws a punch.

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Gourmand

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(n.) someone fond of eating and drinking

My parents, who used to eat little more than crackers and salad, have become real gourmands in their old age.

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Grandiloquence

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(n.) lofty, pompous language

The student thought her grandiloquence would make her sound smart, but neither the class nor the teacher bought it.

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Hackneyed

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(adj.) unoriginal, trite

A girl can only hear “I love you” so many times before it begins to sound hackneyed and meaningless.

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(v.) to urge, spur, incite to action

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Goat

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(n.) someone fond of eating and drinking

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Gourmand

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(n.) lofty, pompous language

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Grandiloquence

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(adj.) unoriginal, trite

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Hackneyed

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Hapless

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(adj.) unlucky

My poor, hapless family never seems to pick a sunny week to go on vacation.

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Hallowed

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(adj.) revered, consecrated

In the hallowed corridors of the cathedral, the disturbed professor felt himself to be at peace.

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Harangue

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  1. (n.) a ranting speech

Everyone had heard the teacher’s harangue about gum chewing in class before.

  1. (v.) to give such a speech

But this time the teacher harangued the class about the importance of brushing your teeth after chewing gum.

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(adj.) unlucky

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Hapless

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(adj.) revered, consecrated

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Hallowed

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  1. (n.) a ranting speech

2. (v.) to give such a speech

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Harangue

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