export_gre 10001500 Flashcards
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despoiled
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(v) to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder
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despondent
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depressed from loss of hope or conbfidence
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Despot
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Def: A dictator with absolute power. A great despot was Hitler. Noun: Person, Place, Thing Syn: tyrant Amt: none 1.) tyrant 2.) ruler 3.) evil
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Desuetude
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N. Disuse; After years of desuetude, my French skills were finally put to use
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Desultory
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Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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Denotation
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the literal or dictionary meaning of a word
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detraction
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slandering; verbal attack; damaging comment; The Asperger’s syndrom student was suspended because of his detraction towards the instructor.
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Devolved
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to transfer / pass on a duty / responsibility
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Diadem
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Type of crown/ornamental headband worn by kings, worn as a sign of authority
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Dialectical
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clash of views, debate
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diaphanous
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transparent, expensive, such fine texture
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Dictum
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an authoritative saying, statement, or pronouncement
He had to remember the ancient dictum
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diffidence
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lack of confidence in oneself; hesitation
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Digression
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Departure from the subject
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Dilatory
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(adj. ) tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postpone
syn: stalling, slow, tardy, laggard
ant: prompt, punctual, speedy, expeditious
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Diminution
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Diminishing in value
reduction
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Din
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Clamor, noise
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dinghy
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noun
small boat
“In the film lifeboat , an assorted group of passengers from a sunken ocean liner are marooned at sea in a ____.”
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dint
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means; effort
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dirge
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a song of mourning, sung at a funeral (a dirge can also be the wake itself)
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Dis-abuse
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(v.) to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking
- He thinks that all the women adore him, but my sister will probably _______ him of that idea.
SYN: undeceive, enlighten, set straight
ANT: to brainwash
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Dis-affected
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Having Lost Faith Or Loyalty
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Dis-approbation
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disapproval
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Dis-avowal
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denial
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dis-comfit
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to thwart, baffle, defeat, frustrate, confuse, perplex, or embarrass
SYN: nonplus, disconcert, foil
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dis-concerted
to throw into disorder ; to confuse
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dis-consolate
extremely depressed or dejected
| John, the disconsolate boy, could not be cheered up because his test scores were so low
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dis-cordant
- lacking agreement in sound
- lacking harmony
- Synonym-shrill
- Antonym-harmonious
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dis-cursive
(adj.) rambling, lacking order (The professor’s discursive lectures seemed to be about every subject except the one initially described.)
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Dis-enfranchised
Are those residents who do not have the legal right to participate in choosing one government.
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Dis-gorged
Cause or allow to flow or run out or over
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dis-passionate
impartial
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Dis-pirited
to discourage or dishearten somebody; lacking spirit or energy
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Dis-port
To play or frolic
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dis-putatious
likes to argue
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dis-quietude
anxiety
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Disquisition
a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject
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Dissident
differing; dissagreeing; dissenting
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Dis-simulate
To hide or disguise one's true thoughts, feelings, or intentions.
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Dis-sipated
characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure
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Dis-solution
Break up of rock when water dissolves the rock.
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distrait
absent-minded
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diurnal
occurring every day, quotidian; happening in the daytime (rather than at night)
diurnal ablutions
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Divest
Retrieving the casting from the ring by carving away the investment and exposing the casting.
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Doctrinaire
Dogged, dogmatic, inflexible
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Doddering
Trembling, shaking
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Doggerel
Term used for lines whose subject matter is trite and whose rhythm and sounds are monotonously heavy-handed (Ex: I Scream, you scream / We all scream / For ice cream.)
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Doleful
Sad dreary; mournful
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Dolt
Stupid
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Dormer
A window projecting from a sloping roof.
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dossier
a collection of documents related to a particular person or topic
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dotage
senile condition, mental decline
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dour
(adj) stern, unyeilding, gloomy, ill-humored
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Dowdy
Adj poorl dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
| The actor wore dowdy clothing and sunglasses so that no one Wouk recognize him.
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dregs
the leftovers of a liquid, sometimes sediment, the least valuable part
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droll
amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish
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Ductile
Behavior of material whereby stress causes permanent flow or strain.
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dulcet
melodious, pleasant to hear
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dyspeptic
grumpy, pessimistic, irritable; suffering from dyspepsia (indigestion)
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ebulient
very enthusiastic
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Ecclesiastic
of the church or clergy
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edict
an official order
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effaced
blotted out
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Effectual
able to produce desire effect
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Effervescence
(n) the quality of being lively
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effete
lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn out or exhausted; out to date
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effigy
a likeness, a figured constructed in mockery
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effluvium
foul smelling outflow/vapor (gaseous waste)
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Effrontery
N: A person, place, thing, or idea shameless boldness
Syn: impudence, nerve, audicity Ant: timidity
cheekiness, discourtesy, presumption
His effrontery led to his execution.
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egress
(n) person place or think
a exit; means of going out
the only egress out of a bus is the front of the bus
syn passage ant ingress / entrance
1. egress
2. egresses
3. egressed
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Elegy
A sorrowful poem or speech
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Ellipsis
Three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation.
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elysian
relating to paradise
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emended
to edit or revise
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Emetic
-An agent that causes vomiting
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Emollient
(noun)
an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
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Encomiastic
Praising; Eulogistic
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encomium
(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute.
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Enervated
Deprived of physical, nervous, and emotional energy
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Ennui
: a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
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the kind of ennui that comes from having too much time on one's hands and too little will to find something productive to do
Origin: French, from Old French enui annoyance, from enuier to vex, from Late Latin inodiare to make loathsome — more at annoy.
First use: 1732
Synonyms: blahs, doldrums, boredom, listlessness, restlessness, tedium, weariness
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enumerated
named one by one; specified; as in a list
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environed
surrond, envelope
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Epaulet
n. ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.).
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Epigrams
a concise and witty saying or remark
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epilogue
a short concluding section to a literary work or play
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Epithet
Adj or noun together to stand for or respresent something more vividly Ex: sweet silent thought, glimmering landscape
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equable
steady, uniform
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Equanimity
Evenness of mind or spirit; calm
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Equinox
equal day and night!
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equipoise
genuine doubt about the efficacy of the treatment and sufficient belief that it will work, balance
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Equivocal
ambiguous; intentionally vague
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Equivocate
to be unclear
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erotic
of or having to do with sexual passion or love; greek god of love, Eros
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errant
1. wandering or moving about aimlessly.
| 2. Straying outside proper bounds, or away from an accepted pattern or standard.
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erudite
having or displaying extensive knowledge: learned; scholarly
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Estimable
admirable
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ethereal
light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly
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ethos
ethical appeal
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eulogistic
adj. full of high praise
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Euphony
Pleasing, harmonious sounds.
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evanescent
fading away
* briefly present; fleeting; gradually disappearing
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evinced
v; to show clearly or make evident.
Ex: "He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, evinced so little interest..." (Chopin 48)
synonyms: manifest or prove
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Ewe
Noun
A female sheep
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exalted
elevated, noble
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Ex-coriated
To tear or wear off the skin.
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ex-culpated
cleared of guilt
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Ex-ecrable
Extremely bad, deserving of hate
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ex-crate
denounce or curse
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ex-egesis
scholarly explanation
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Ex-horted
The girl exhorted her friend not to start smoking
Verb
To strongly advise
urge-persuade
to not care-allow
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Ex-igency
Urgency
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ex-iguous
scanty, meager
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Exotic
From another part of the world;mysterious;foreign
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ex-patiated
to speak or write about in great detail
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Ex-patriate
An exile
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Ex-piated
Made up for
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Ex-pository
Serving to expound, set fourth, or explain.
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ex-propriated
v. take away from its owner
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ex-purgate
to remove objectional words from somewhere
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Extemporaneous
(adj.)
improvised, done without preparation
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ex-tirpate
(v.) to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally
SYNONYMS: uproot, eradicate, wipe out, excise
ANTONYMS: implant, sow, foster, nourish
The house had to be extirpated after the storm damaged so much of it that it couldn't be fixed.
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Extolled
Praised
". . .vanquished in single combat by the never sufficiently extolled knight Don Quixote of La Mancha. . ."(1011)
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Exult
to rejoice over a success or victory
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facet
small flat surface
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facetious
adjective: playful; humorous
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Facile
Easy; Easily done
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factious
pertaining to a group who wants to quarrel with an established group;
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Factitious
Not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived
| made
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factotum
handyman
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fallow
(adj) inactive; unproductive
syn: idle, barren
Ant: fertile, productive
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Fancier
n. breeder or dealer of animals. The dog fancier exhibited her prize collie at the annual Kennel Club show
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Fastidious
difficult to please because of an excessive attention to detail or appearance
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fatuous
adj. foolish; insane
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Fawning
To seek notice or favor by servile demeanor
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fazed
- caused to show discomposure
- disconcerted; worried; disturbed
"He refused to be fazed by the objections."
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feckless
adj, lacking in spirit and strength, ineffective
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Fecundity
The biological capacity to reproduce.
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feigned
v. to pretend; to make up
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Feint
feint - noun - a false apperance movment intended to decive
verd - to make a fient
sny: pretense,trick,suptrefuge,sham
sen: she made a feint of studying will she was acualy lisining to the radio
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Felicitous
Pleasant, delightful
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fell
cruel deadly
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feral
feral- savage, wild untamed
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ferment
a state of great excitement
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Feted
(adjective) fun; a celebration or festival
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fetid
having a heavy offensive smell
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fiat
an official order, a decree
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filched
snithed:stole
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Filial
having to do with the relationship between parent and child
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filigree
n. ornamental work of fine wire
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Firebrand
A piece of Burningwood, a trouble maker, and extremely energetic or emotional person
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fitful
irregular
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Flair
(n) a natural quality, talent or skill; a distinctive style.
Synonym: knack
Antonym: inability
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flit
fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by
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Floe
Sheet of floating ice
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Flotsam
(n) floating debris, homeless, impoverished people.
