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1
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Fabricated

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constructed, invented

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Facade

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front, superficial appearance

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Facetious

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witty, humorous

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Facile

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easily accomplished, seeming to lack sincerity or depth, arrived at without due effort

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Factual

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real

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Fallacious

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tending to deceive or mislead, based on a fallacy

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Fallow

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uncultivated, unused

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Falsify

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misrepresent, state untruthfully

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Fanatical

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acting excesssively enthusiastic, filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion

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Fanfare

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a showy public display

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Fastidious

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careful with details

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Fathom

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penetrate the meaning of

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Fatuous

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stupid, foolishly self-satisfied

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Favoritism

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partiality to one side

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Fawn

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to grovel

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Febrile

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feverish, marked by intense emotion or activity

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Feckless

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ineffective, worthless

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Fecund

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fertile, fruitful, productive

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Feign

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to pretend, to give a false appearance of

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Felicitous

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suitable, appropriate, well spoken

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Feral

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suggestive of a wild beast, not domesticated

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Fertile

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highly productive, prolific

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Fervid

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passionate, intense, zealous

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Fetid

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foul-smelling, putrid

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Fetter

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to bind, chain, confine

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Fickle

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erratically unstable about affections

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Fictive

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fictional, relating to imaginative creation

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Fidelity

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loyalty, faithfulness

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Figurative

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symbolic

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Filibuster

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to use obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speech making, in order to delay something

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Finite

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having bounds

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Firebrand

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one who stirs up trouble

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Fission

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process of splitting into two parts

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Fitful

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intermittent, lacking steadiness, characterized by irregular bursts of activity

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Flabbergast

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astound

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Flaccid

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limp, flabby, weak

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Flag

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to decline in vigor, strength, or interest

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Flagrant

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outrageous, shameless

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Flank

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to put on the sides of

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Flaunt

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to show off

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Flaw

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imperfection, defect

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Flee

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run away from

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Flippancy

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casualness, inappropriate pertness

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Flippant

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marked by disrespectful lighthearted-ness or casualness

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Florid

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gaudy, extremely ornate, ruddy, flushed

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Flourish

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prosper, thrive

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Flout

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to scorn, to disregard with contempt

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Fodder

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raw material, as for artistic creation, readily abundant ideas or images

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Foible

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minor weakness or character flaw

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Foil

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something used to contrast withs omething else

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Foment

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abet

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Forbearance

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patience, restraint, leniency

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Ford

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to cross a body of water by wading

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Forego

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to precede, to go ahead of

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Foreshadow

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to indicate beforehand

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Forge

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to advance gradually but steadily

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Forgery

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something counterfeit or fraudulent, pertaining to a document

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Forgo

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to do without, to abstain from

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Forlorn

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dreary, deserted, unhappy

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Formidable

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fearsome, daunting, tending to inspire awe or wonder

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Forswear

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to repudiate, renounce, disclaim, reject

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Forte

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strong point, something a person does well

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Fortitude

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strength of mind that allows one to encounter adversity with courage

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Fortuitous

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by chance, especially by favorable chance

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Forum

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public place for discussion, a public discussion

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Founder

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to fall helplessly, to sink

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Fracas

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noisy dispute

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Fractious

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unruly, rebellious

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Fraud

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deception, hoax

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Frenetic

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frantic, frenzied

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Frivolous

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pretty, trivial

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Frolicsome

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frisky, playful

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Frugal

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thrifty, cheap

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Frugality

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tending to be thrifty or cheap

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Fulsome

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abundant, flatttering in an insincere way

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Fundamental

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basic, essential

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Furlough

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a leave of absence, especially granted to soldier or a prisoner

78
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Furtive

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sly, with hidden motives

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Futile

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useless, hopeless

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