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Flout

Flux

Foment

Forbearance

Forestall

Forswear

Founder

Florid

Finesse

Fissure

Fledgling

Felicitous

Factotum

Fallacious

Fallow

Fatuous

Extirpate

Extraneous

Extrinsic

Expiate

Explicate

Expository

Extant

Extemporaneous

Exorcise

Expatiate

Expatriate

Exact

Exacting

Exculpate

Execrable

Exhort

Evince

Ethnocentric

Etiology

Etymology

Essay

Estimable

Equanimity

Equivocate

Errant

Epistemology

Equable

Entomology

Encomium

Endemic

Enervate

Emollient

Emaciated

Elegy

Elicit

Elysian

Effrontery

Effete

Effervescence

Dogmatic

Dogma

Dross

Divest

Dissolution

Distend

Distill

Distrait

Diverge

Doctrinaire

Dissemble

Discrete

Discretion

Disingenuous

Disparage

Discomfit

Discredit

Discrepancy

Diffidence

Dirge

Disabuse

Discerning

Detraction

Diaphanous

Derivative

Desultory

Deride

Demur

Denigrate

Denizen

Defunct

Delineate

Demotic

Deference

Cozen

Craven

Credence

Credo

Daunt

Covert

Convex

Coquette

Continence

Contrite

Contumacious

v. to treat scornfully

n. flowing; acontinuous moving

v. to incite; arouse

n. patience

v. to prevent; delay

v. renounce; repudiate

v. to sink; fail; collapse

adj. ruddy; reddish; flowery

v. to handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse, that is, refinement in performance

n. crevice

n. beginner; novice

adj. suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen

n. a person who does all sorts of work; a handyman

adj. based on a false idea or fact; misleading

adj. plowed but not sowed; uncultivated

adj. foolishly self-satisfied

v. to root up; to destroy

adj. not essential

adj. not inherent or essential

v. to atone for

v. to explain; interpret; clarify

adj. explanatory

adj. in existence; not lost

adj. unrehearsed

v. to expel evil spirits; free from bad influences

v. to speak or write at length

v. to send into exile

v. to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority

adj. extremely demanding

v. to clear of blame; vindicate

adj. detestable; abhorrent

v. to urge by strong appeals

v. to show plainly; be an indication of

adj. based on the attitude that one's group is superior

n. causes or origins

n. origin and history of a word

v. to make an attempt; subject to a test

adj. admirable; possible to estimate

n. composure; calmness

v. to intentionally use vague language

adj. mistaken; straying from the proper course

n. branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge

adj. steady; unvarying; serene

n. the scientific study of insects

n. a formal expression of praise

adj. inherent; belonging to an area

v. to weaken

adj. soothing; mollifying

adj. thin and wasted

n. poem or song expressing lamentation

v. to provoke; draw out

adj. blissful; delightful

n. shameless boldness; presumptuousness

adj. depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent

n. state of high spirits or liveliness

adj. stating opinions without proof

n. belief asserted on authority without evidence

n. waste; worthless matter; trivial matter

v. to strip; deprive

n. disintegration; debauchery

v. to expand; swell out

v. to extract the essential elements

adj. inattentive; preoccupied

v. to vary; go in different directions from the same point

adj. relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding

v. to pretend; disguise one's motives

adj. constituting a separate thing; distinct

n. quality of showing self-restraint in speech or actions; circumspection; freedom to act on one's own

adj. not candid; crafty

v. to belittle

v. to make uneasy; disconcert

v. to dishonor; disgrace; cause to be doubted

n. difference between

n. shyness; lack of confidence

n. funeral hymn

v. to free from a misconception

adj. preceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgment

n. the act of taking away; derogatory comment on a person's character

adj. transparent; fine-textured; insubstantial; vague

n. something derived; unoriginal

adj. random; disconnected; rambling

v. to mock

v. to express doubt

v. to slur someone's reputation

n. an inhabitant; a regular visitor

adj. no longer existing

v. to represent or depict

adj. pertaining to people

n. respect; regard for another's wish

v. to mislead by trick or fraud; deceive

adj. cowardly

n. acceptance of something as true

n. statement of belief or principle; creed

v. to discourage; intimidate; dishearten

adj. hidden; secret

adj. curved outward

n. woman who flirts

n. self-control

adj. very sorrowful for a wrong

adj. disobedient; rebellious