SAT Vocab 10 Flashcards
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fancier n.
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One having a taste for or interest in special objects.
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fanciless adj.
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Unimaginative.
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fastidious adj.
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Hard to please.
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fathom n.
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A measure of length, 6 feet.
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fatuous adj.
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Idiotic.
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faulty adj.
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Imperfect.
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faun n.
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One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet.
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fawn n.
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A young deer.
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fealty n.
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Loyalty.
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feasible adj.
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That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable.
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federate v.
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To league together.
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feint n.
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Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement.
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felicitate v.
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To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event.
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felicity n.
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A state of well-founded happiness.
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felon n.
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A criminal or depraved person.
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felonious adj.
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Showing criminal or evil purpose.
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felony n.
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One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment.
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feminine adj.
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Characteristic of woman or womankind.
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fernery n.
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A place in which ferns are grown.
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ferocious adj.
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Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature.
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ferocity n.
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Savageness.
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fervent adj.
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Ardent in feeling.
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fervid adj.
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Intense.
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fervor n.
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Ardor or intensity of feeling.
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festal adj.
Joyous.
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festive adj.
Merry.
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fete n.
A festival or feast.
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fetus n.
The young in the womb or in the egg.
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feudal adj.
Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal.
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feudalism n.
The feudal system.
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fez n.
A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel.
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fiasco n.
A complete or humiliating failure.
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fickle adj.
Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose.
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fictitious adj.
Created or formed by the imagination.
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fidelity n.
Loyalty.
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fiducial adj.
Indicative of faith or trust.
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fief n.
A landed estate held under feudal tenure.
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filibuster n.
One who attempts to obstruct legislation.
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finale n.
Concluding performance.
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finality n.
The state or quality of being final or complete.
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finally adv.
At last.
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financial adj.
Monetary.
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financier n.
One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations.
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finery n.
That which is used to decorate the person or dress.
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finesse n.
Subtle contrivance used to gain a point.
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finite adj.
Limited.
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fiscal adj.
Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government.
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fishmonger n.
One who sells fish.
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fissure n.
A crack or crack-like depression.
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fitful adj.
Spasmodic.
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fixture n.
One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position.
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flag-officer n.
The captain of a flag-ship.
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flagrant adj.
Openly scandalous.
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flamboyant adj.
Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste.
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flatulence n.
Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels.
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flection n.
The act of bending.
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fledgling n.
A young bird.
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flexible adj.
Pliable.
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flimsy adj.
Thin and weak.
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flippant adj.
Having a light, pert, trifling disposition.
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floe n.
A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice.
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flora n.
The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district.
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floral adj.
Pertaining to flowers.
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florid adj.
Flushed with red.
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florist n.
A dealer in flowers.
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fluctuate v.
To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another.
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fluctuation n.
Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another.
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flue n.
A smoke-duct in a chimney.
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fluent adj.
Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas.
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fluential adj.
Pertaining to streams.
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flux n.
A state of constant movement, change, or renewal.
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foggy adj.
Obscure.
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foible n.
A personal weakness or failing.
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foist v.
To palm off.
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foliage n.
Any growth of leaves.
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folio n.
A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once.
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folk-lore n.
The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people.
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fondle v.
To handle tenderly and lovingly.
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foolery n.
Folly.
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foot-note n.
A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column.
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foppery n.
Dandyism.
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foppish adj.
Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners.
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forbearance n.
Patient endurance or toleration of offenses.
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forby adv.
Besides.
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forcible adj.
Violent.
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forecourt n.
A court opening directly from the street.
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forejudge v.
To judge of before hearing evidence.
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forepeak n.
The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck.
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foreshore n.
That part of a shore uncovered at low tide.
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forebode v.
To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil.
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forecast v.
To predict.
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forecastle n.
That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds.
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foreclose v.
To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property.
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forefather n.
An ancestor.
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forego v.
To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of.
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foreground n.
That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator.
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forehead n.
The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair.
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foreign adj.
Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country.
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foreigner n.
A citizen of a foreign country.
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foreknowledge n.
Prescience.
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foreman n.
The head man.
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foreordain v.
To predetermine.
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foreordination n.
Predestination.
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forerun v.
To go before as introducing or ushering in.
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foresail n.
A square sail.
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foresee v.
To discern beforehand.
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foresight n.
Provision against harm or need.
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foretell v.
To predict.
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forethought n.
Premeditation.
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forfeit v.
To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation.
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forfend v.
To ward off.
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forgery n.
Counterfeiting.
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forgo v.
To deny oneself.
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formation n.
Relative disposition of parts.
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formidable adj.
Difficult to accomplish.
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formula n.
Fixed rule or set form.
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forswear v.
To renounce upon oath.
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forte n.
A strong point.
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forth adv.
Into notice or view.
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forthright adv.
With directness.
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fortify v.
To provide with defensive works.
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fortitude n.
Patient courage.
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foursome adj.
Consisting of four.
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fracture n.
A break.
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fragile adj.
Easily broken.
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frailty n.
Liability to be broken or destroyed.
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fragile adj.
Capable of being broken.
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frankincense n.
A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes.
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frantic adj.
Frenzied.
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fraternal adj.
Brotherly.
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fraudulence n.
Deceitfulness.
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fraudulent adj.
Counterfeit.
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fray v.
To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads.
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freemason n.
A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans.
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freethinker n.
One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion.
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free trade n.
Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs.
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frequency n.
The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space.
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fresco n.
The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings.
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freshness n.
The state, quality, or degree of being fresh.
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fretful adj.
Disposed to peevishness.
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frightful adj.
Apt to induce terror or alarm.
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frigid adj.
Lacking warmth.
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frigidarium n.
A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc.
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frivolity n.
A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice.
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frivolous adj.
Trivial.
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frizz v.
To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to.
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frizzle v.
To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair.
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frolicsome adj.
Prankish.
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frontier n.
The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country.
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frowzy adj.
Slovenly in appearance.
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frugal adj.
Economical.
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fruition n.
Fulfillment.
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fugacious adj.
Fleeting.
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fulcrum n.
The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns.
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fulminate v.
To cause to explode.
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fulsome adj.
Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.
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fumigate v.
To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection.
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functionary n.
An official.
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fundamental adj.
Basal.
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fungible adj.
That may be measured, counted, or weighed.
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fungous adj.
Spongy.
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fungus n.
A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom.
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furbish v.
To restore brightness or beauty to.
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furlong n.
A measure, one-eighth of a mile.
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furlough n.
A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer.
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furrier n.
A dealer in or maker of fur goods.
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further adj.
More distant or advanced.
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furtherance n.
Advancement.
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furtive adj.
Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief.
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fuse v.
To unite or blend as by melting together.
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fusible adj.
Capable of being melted by heat.
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futile adj.
Of no avail or effect.
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futurist n.
A person of expectant temperament.
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gauge n.
An instrument for measuring.
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gaiety n.
Festivity.
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gaily adv.
Merrily.
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gait n.
Carriage of the body in going.
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gallant adj.
Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.
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galore adj.
Abundant.
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galvanic adj.
Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action.
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galvanism n.
Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action.
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galvanize v.
To imbue with life or animation.
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gamble v.
To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency.
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gambol n.
Playful leaping or frisking.
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gamester n.
A gambler.
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gamut n.
The whole range or sequence.
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garnish v.
In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment.
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garrison n.
The military force stationed in a fort, town, or other place for its defense.
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garrote v.
To execute by strangling.
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garrulous adj.
Given to constant trivial talking.
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gaseous adj.
Light and unsubstantial.
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gastric adj.
Of, pertaining to, or near the stomach.
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gastritis n.
Inflammation of the stomach.
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gastronomy n.
The art of preparing and serving appetizing food.
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gendarme n.
In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer.
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genealogy n.
A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants.
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genealogist n.
A tracer of pedigrees.
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generality n.
The principal portion.
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generalize v.
To draw general inferences.
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generally adv.
Ordinarily.
