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Fait accompli

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Noun

Already accomplished; done

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Faceticious

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Adj.

Intended to be funny, often inappropriately

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Falsetto

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Noun

Artificially produced, high-pitched, male singing voice

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Farcical

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Adj.

Ridiculous, absurd

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Felicity

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noun

a pleasing quality or manner, especially in art or language; great happiness

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Fetter

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verb

to restrain, hinder, hamper

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Flaccid

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adj.

Flabby; lacking vigor or force

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Flounce

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verb

to move with exaggerated, jerky motions; to leave suddenly as in a huff

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Foment

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verb

to instigate or stir up

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Forbear

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verb

to hold back, abstain; to control oneself when provoked

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Forebear

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noun

a person from whom one is descended

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Founder

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verb

to sink under water; to fail

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Francophile

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noun

an enthusiast on the subject of France and French culture

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Fratricide

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noun

to murder one’s brother or sister, or one who is like a brother or sister

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Fraught

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adj.

charged with; filled with

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Furtive

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adj.

stealthy, secretive, sly, superstitious

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Gargantuan

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adj.

tremendous in size or volume; gigantic

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Garrulous

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adj.

rambling, chatty, annoyingly talkative

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Gestation

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noun

pregnancy; period in which anything grows and develops

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Gesticulate

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verb

to make gestures especially when speaking