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Fallow

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Adj instilled, inactive, dormant

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Facetious

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Adj playful; humorous; not serious

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Fatuous

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Ask silly, inanely foolish

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Fawn

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V to flatter or praise excessively

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Feckless

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Adj ineffectual; irresponsible

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Felicitous

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Adj apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos; delightful

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Fell

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N barren or stony hill; an animals hide

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Fervent

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Adj greatly emotional or zealous

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Fetid

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Adj stinking, having bad smell

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Fetter

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V to shackle, put in chains, restrain

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Filibuster

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N intentional obstruction, usually using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

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Filigree

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N ornamental work, especially of delicate lace like patterns; resembling such a pattern

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Flag

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V to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline

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Flip

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Adj sarcastic, impertinent

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Florid

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Adj flushed with color, ruddy, ornate

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Flout

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V to demonstrate contempt for

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Foment

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V to stir up, incite, rouse

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Forbearance

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N patience, willingness to wait

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Ford

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V to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

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Forestall

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V to act in a way to hinder, exclude or prevent an action, to circumvent or thwart

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Forswear

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V to renounce, disallow, repudiate

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Fortuitous

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Adj happening by fortunate accident or chance

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Fracas

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N noisy fight or quarrel, brawl

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Fractious

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Adj quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, cranky

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Froward

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Adj intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubbornly disobedient

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Fulminate

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V to attack loudly or denounce

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Furtive

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Adj marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

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