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Vocabulary List 12 Flashcards

1
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Exuberant

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Adj.

Abundant; effusive; lavish

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Exude

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V.

Discharge; give forth

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Fabricate

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V.

Build; lie

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Facade

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N.

Front of the building

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Facet

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N.

Small plane surface (of a gem); a side

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Facetious

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Adj.

Humorous; jocular

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Facile

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Adj.

Easy; expert

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Facilitate

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V.

Make less difficult

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Faction

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N.

Party; clique; dissension

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Factious

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Adj.

Inclined to form factions; causing dissension

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Factitious

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Adj.

Artificial; sham

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Factotum

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N.

Handyman; person who does all kinds of work

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13
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Fain

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Adv.

Gladly

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14
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Fallacious

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Adj.

Misleading

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Fallible

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Adj.

Liable to err (to make a mistake)

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Fallow

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Adj.

Plowed but not sowed; uncultivated

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Fanaticism

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N.

Excessive zeal (a strong feeling of interest and enthusiasm that makes someone very eager or determined to do something)

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Fancied

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Adj.

Imagined; unreal

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Fancier

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N.

Breeder or dealer of animals

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Fanciful

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Adj.

Whimsical; visionary

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Fantastic

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Adj.

Unreal; grotesque; whimsical

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Fastidious

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Adj.

Difficult to please; squeamish

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Fatalism

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N.

Belief that events are determined by forces beyond one’s control

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Fatuous

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Adj.

Foolish; inane (very silly or stupid)

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25
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Fauna

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N.

Animals of a period or region

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Faux pas

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N.

An error or slip (in manners or behavior)

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27
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Fawning

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Adj.

Courting favor by cringing and flattering

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28
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Fealty

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N.

Loyalty; faithfulness

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Feasible

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Adj.

Practical

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Fecundity

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N.

Fertility; fruitfulness

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31
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Feign

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V.

Pretend

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32
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Feint

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N.

Trick; shift; sham blow

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33
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Felicitous

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Adj.

Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen

34
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Fell

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Adj.

Cruel; deadly

35
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Ferment

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N.

Agitation; commotion

36
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Ferret

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V.

Drive or hunt [force] out of hiding

37
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Fervent

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Adj.

Ardent; hot; [feeling very strongly]; [having or showing very strong feelings]

38
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Fervid

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Adj.

Ardent; [very strong]; [intense]

39
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Fervor

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N.

Glowing ardor (a wrong feeling of love) (a strong feeling of energy or eagerness)

40
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Fester

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V.

Generate pus

41
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Fete

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V.

Honor at a festival

42
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Fetid

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Adj.

Malodorous (having a bad smell)

43
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Fetish

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N.

Object supposed to possess magical powers; an object of special devotion

44
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Fetter

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V.

Shackle (to put chains around someone’s feet to prevent motion)

45
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Fiasco

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N.

Total failure

46
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Fiat

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N.

Command

47
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Fickle

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Adj.

Changeable; faithless

48
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Fictitious

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Adj.

Imaginary

49
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Fidelity

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N.

Loyalty

50
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Figment

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N.

Invention; imaginary thing

51
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Filch

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V.

Steal

52
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Filial

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Adj.

Pertaining to a son or daughter

53
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Finale

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N.

Conclusion

54
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Finesse

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N.

Delicate skill

55
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Finicky

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Adj.

Too particular; fussy

56
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Finite

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Adj.

Limited

57
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Fissure

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N.

Crevice

58
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Fitful

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Adj.

Spasmodic (relating to or caused by a spasm); intermittent (not constant or steady)

59
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Flaccid

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Adj.

Flabby (lacking firmness)

60
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Flagellate

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V.

Flog; whip

61
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Extrude

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V.

Force or push out

62
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Flagging

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Adj.

Weak; drooping

63
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Flagrant

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Adj.

Conspicuously wicked

64
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Flail

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V.

Thresh grain by hand; strike or slap

65
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Flair

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N.

Talent

66
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Flamboyant

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Adj.

Ornate (covered with many decorations)

67
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Flaunt

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V.

Display ostentatiously

68
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Flay

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V.

Strip off skin; plunder

69
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Fleck

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V.

Spot

[Her cheeks, flecked with tears…]

70
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Fledging

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Adj.

Inexperienced

71
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Flick

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N.

Light stoke as with a whip

72
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Flippancy

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N.

Trifling gaiety (a happy and lively quality); [unbecoming pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters]

73
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Flora

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N.

Plants of a region or era

74
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Florid

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Adj.

Flowery; ruddy (having a healthy reddish color)

75
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Flotilla

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N.

Small fleet (group of ships)

76
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Flotsam

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N.

Drifting wreckage

77
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Flout

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V.

Reject; mock

78
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Fluctuation

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N.

Wavering

79
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Fluency

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N.

Smoothness of speech

80
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Fluster

A

V.

Confuse

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