SAT Vocab F Flashcards by E B | Brainscape

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fabricate

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to make or devise; construct

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façade

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face, front; mask, superficial appearance

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facile

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very easy; simplistic

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fallacious

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wrong, unsound, illogical

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fallow

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uncultivated, unused

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fanaticism

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extreme devotion to a cause

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farcical

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absurd, ludicrous

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fastidious

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careful with details

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fathom

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to understand, gauge

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fatuous

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stupid; foolishly self-satisfied

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fawn

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to flatter excessively, seek the flavor of

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faze

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to bother, upset, or disconcert

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feckless

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ineffective, careless, irresponsible

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feign

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to pretend, give a false impression; to invent falsely

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felicitous

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suitable, appropriate; well-spoken

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fell

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to chop, cut down

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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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fiasco

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disaster, utter failure

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fidelity

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loyalty

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finicky

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fussy, difficult to please

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flaccid

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limp, flabby, weak

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flagrant

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outrageous, shameless

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flamboyant

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flashy, garish; exciting, dazzling

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flaunt

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to show off

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flora

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plants

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florid

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gaudy, extremely ornate; ruddy, flushed

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flounder

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to flater, waver; to muddle, struggle

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flout

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to treat contemptuously, scorn

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fluctuate

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to alternate, waver

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foible

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minor weakness or character flaw

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foil

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to defeat, frustrate

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foment

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to arouse or incite

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ford

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to cross a body of water at a shallow place

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foreboding

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dark sense of evil to come

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forestall

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to prevent, delay; anticipate

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forethought

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anticipation, foresight

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forgo

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to go without, refrain from

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forlorn

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dreary, deserted; unhappy, hopeless, despairing

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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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fortuitous

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happening by luck, fortunate

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foster

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to nourish, cultivate, promote

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founder

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to fall helplessly; sink; fail

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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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fraudulent

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deceitful, dishonest, unethical

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fraught

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full of, accompanied by; anxious

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frenetic

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wildly frantic, frenzied, hectic

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fulsome

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sickeningly excessive, repulsive

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funeral

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mournful, appropriate to a funeral

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furtive

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secret, stealthy