Word List 19 Flashcards by Anush Arvind | Brainscape

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Fallacious

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False, misleading

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Fallible

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Liable to err

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Fallow

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Plowed but not sowed

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Fanaticism

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Excessive zeal

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Fanfare

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Call of bugles of trumpets

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Farce

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Mockery

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Fastidious

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Difficult to please

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Fatalism

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Belief that events are determined by a force beyond ones control

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Fatuous

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Foolish, inane

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Fawning

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Courting favor by cringing and flattering

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Faze

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Disconcert

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Feasible

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Practical

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Fecundity

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Fertility

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Felicitous

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Apt

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Felicity

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Appropriateness

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Fell

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Cruel

Cut or knock down

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Felon

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A person who has committed a grave crime

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Feral

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Wild

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Ferment

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Agitation

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Ferret

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Hunt or driv out of hiding

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Fervid

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Ardent

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Fervent

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Ardent

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Fervor

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Glowing ardor

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Fester

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Produce irritation or resentment

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Fetid

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Smelling unpleasant.

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Fiasco

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Total failure

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Fidelity

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Loyalty

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Figment

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Invention

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Figurative

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Not literal, but metaphorical

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Filament

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Fine thread or fibre

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Filch

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Steal

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Filial

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Pertaining to a son or daughter

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Filibuster

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To block legislation by making long speeches

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Finesse

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Delicate skill

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Finiky

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Fussy

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Firebrand

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Hothead

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Fissure

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Crevice

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Fitful

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Spasmodic

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Flaccid

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Flabby

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Flag

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Droop

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Flagrant

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Conspicuously wicked, blatant

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Flamboyant

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Ornate

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Fleck

verb

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Spot

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Fledgling

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Inexperienced

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Fleece

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Wool coat of sheep

Rob, plunder

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Flick

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Light stroke as with a whip

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Flinch

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Hesitate