Vocabulary 3 Flashcards

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Faith accompli

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Already accomplished

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Facetious

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Innappropriately intending to be funny

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Falsetto

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An artificially produced high pitched male voice

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Farcical

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Ridiculous or absurd

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Felicity

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A pleasing quality or manner, especially in art or language

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Fetter

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To restrain, hinder or tamper

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Flaccid

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Lacking vigor or force

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Flounce

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To move with exaggerated motions, or to leave in a rush

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Foment

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To stir up or instigate

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Forbear

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To hold back, abstain ; to control oneself when provoked

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Forebear

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A person from whom one is descended

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Founder

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To sink under water, to fail

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Fratricide

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To murder ones brother or sister

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Fraught

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Charged with, or filled with

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Furtive

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Stealth, secretive, sly

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Gargantuan

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Tremendous in size or volume

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Garrulous

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Rambling, chatty, annoyingly talkative

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Gestation

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A period during which something develops, typically a pregnancy

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Gesticulate

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To make gestures, especially when speaking

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Francophile

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A lover of French culture