F Flashcards
Words that start with the letter F (189 cards)
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Fabricate
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v. To invent fancifully or falsely
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Fabulous
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adj. Incredible
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Facet
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n. One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem
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Facetious
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adj. Amusing
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Facial
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adj. Pertaining to the face
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Facile
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adj. Not difficult to do
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Facilitate
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v. To make more easy
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Facility
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n. Ease
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Facsimile
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n. An exact copy or reproduction
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Faction
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n. A number of persons combined for a common purpose
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Factious
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adj. Turbulent
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Fallacious
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adj. Illogical
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Fallacy
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n. Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning
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Fallible
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adj. Capable of erring
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Fallow
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n. Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest
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Famish
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v. To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst
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Fanatic
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n. A religious zealot
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Fancier
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n. One having a taste for or interest in special objects
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Fanciless
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adj. Unimaginative
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Fastidious
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adj. Hard to please
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Fathom
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n. A measure of length, 6 feet
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Fatuous
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adj. Idiotic
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Faulty
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adj. Imperfect
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Faun
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n. One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet
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Fawn
n. A young deer
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Fealty
n. Loyalty
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Feasible
adj. That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable
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Federate
v. To league together
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Feint
n. Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement
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Felicitate
v. To wish joy of happiness to, especially in view of a coming event
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Felicity
n. A state of well-founded happiness
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Felon
n. A criminal or depraved person
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Felonious
adj. Showing criminal or evil purpose
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Felony
n. One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment
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Feminine
adj. Characteristic of woman or womankind
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Fernery
n. A place in which ferns are grown
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Ferocious
adj. Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature
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Ferocity
n. Savageness
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Fervent
adj. Ardent in feeling
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Fervid
adj. Intense
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Fervor
n. Ardor or intensity of feeling
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Festal
adj. Joyous
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Festive
adj. Merry
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Fete
n. A festival or feast
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Fetus
n. The young in the womb or in the egg
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Feudal
adj. Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal
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Feudalism
n. The feudal system
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Fez
n. A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel
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Fiasco
n. A complete or humiliating failure
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Fickle
adj. Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose
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Fictitious
adj. Created or formed by the imagination
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Fidelity
n. Loyalty
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Fiducial
adj. Indicative of faith or trust
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Fief
n. A landed estate held under feudal tenure
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Filibuster
n. One who attempts to obstruct legislation
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Finale
n. Concluding performance
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Finality
n. The state or quality of being final or complete
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Finally
adv. At last
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Financial
adj. Monetary
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Financier
n. One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations
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Finery
n. Subtle contrivance used to gain a point
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Finite
adj. Limited
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Fiscal
adj. Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government
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Fishmonger
n. One who sells fish
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Fissure
n. A crack of crack-like depression
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Fitful
adj. Spasmodic
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Fixture
n. One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position
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Flag-Officer
n. The captain of a flag-ship
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Flagrant
adj. Openly scandalous
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Flamboyant
adj. Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste
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Flatulence
n. Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels
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Flection
n. The act of bending
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Fledgling
n. A young bird
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Flexible
adj. Pliable
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Flimsy
adj. Thin and weak
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Flippant
adj. Having a light, pert, trifling disposition
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Floe
n. A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice
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Flora
n. The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district
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Floral
adj. Pertaining to flowers
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Florid
adj. Flushed with red
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Florist
n. A dealer in flowers
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Fluctuate
v. To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another
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Fluctuation
n. Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another
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Flue
n. A smoke-duct in a chimney
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Fluent
adj. Having a ready or easy flow or words or ideas
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Fluential
adj. Pertaining to streams
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Flux
n. A state of constant movement, change, or renewal
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Foggy
adj. Obscure
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Foible
n. A personal weakness or failing
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Foist
v. To palm off
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Foliage
n. Any growth of leaves
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Folio
n. A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once
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Folklore
n. The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people
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Fondle
v. To handle tenderly and lovingly
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Foolery
n. Folly
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Foot-Note
n. A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column
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Foppery
n. Dandyism
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Foppish
adj. Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners
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Forebearance
n. Patient endurance or toleration of offenses
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Forby
adv. Besides
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Forcible
adj. Violent
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Forecourt
n. A court opening directly from the street
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Forejudge
v. To judge of before hearing evidence
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Forepeak
n. The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck
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Foreshore
n. That part of a shore uncovered at a low tide
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Forebode
v. To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil
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Forecast
v. To predict
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Forecastle
n. That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds
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Foreclose
v. To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property
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Forefather
n. An ancestor
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Forego
v. To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of
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Foreground
n. That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator
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Forehead
n. The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair
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Foreign
adj. Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country
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Foreigner
n. A citizen of a foreign country
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Foreknowledge
n. Prescience
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Foreman
n. The head man
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Foreordain
v. To predetermine
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Foreordination
n. Predestination
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Forerun
v. To go before as introducing or ushering in
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Foresail
n. A square sail
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Foresee
v. To discern beforehand
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Foresight
n. Provision against harm or need
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Foretell
v. To predict
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Forethought
n. Premeditation
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Forefeit
v. To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation
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Forfend
v. To ward off
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Forgery
n. Counterfeiting
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Forgo
v. To deny oneself
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Formation
n. Relative disposition of parts
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Formidable
adj. Difficult to accomplish
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Formula
n. Fixed rule or set form
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Forswear
v. To renounce upon oath
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Forte
n. A strong point
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Forth
adv. Into notice or view
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Forthright
adv. With directness
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Fortify
v. To provide with defensive works
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Fortitude
n. Patient courage
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Foursome
adj. Consisting of four
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Fracture
n. A break
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Fragile
adj. Easily broken
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Frailty
n. Liability to be broken or destroyed
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Fragile
adj. Capable of being broken
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Frankincense
n. A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes
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Frantic
adj. Frenzied
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Fraternal
adj. Brotherly
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Fraudulence
n. Deceitfulness
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Fraudulent
adj. Counterfeit
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Fray
v. To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads
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Freemason
n. A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans
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Freethinker
n. One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion
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Free Trade
n. Commerce unrestricted by tariff or cusoms
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Frequency
n. The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space
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Fresco
n. The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings
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Freshness
n. The state, quality, or degree of being fresh
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Fretful
adj. Disposed to peevishness
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Frightful
adj. Apt to induce terror or alarm
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Frigid
adj. Lacking warmth
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Frigidarium
n. A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc...
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Frivolity
n. A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice
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Frivolous
adj. Trivial
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Frizz
v. To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to
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Frizzle
v. To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair
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Frolicsome
adj. Prankish
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Frontier
n. The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country
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Frowzy
adj. Slovenly in appearance
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Frugal
adj. Economical
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Fruition
n. Fulfillment
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Fugacious
adj. Fleeting
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Fulcrum
n. The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns
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Fulminate
v. To cause to explode
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Fulsome
adj. Offensive from excess of praise or commendation
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Fumigate
v. To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection
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Functionary
n. An official
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Fundamental
adj. Basal
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Fungible
adj. That may be measured, counted, or weighed
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Fungous
adj. Spongy
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Fungus
n. A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom
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Furbish
v. To restore brightness or beauty to
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Furlong
n. A measure, one-eighth of a mile
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Furlough
n. A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer
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Furrier
n. A dealer in or maker of fur goods
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Further
adj. More distant or advanced
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Furtherance
n. Advancement
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Furtive
adj. Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief
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Fuse
v. To unite or blend as by melting together
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Fusible
adj. Capable of being melted by heat
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Futile
adj. Of no avail or effect
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Futurist
n. A person of expectant temperament
