F Flashcards
(41 cards)
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Fanfare
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Trumpet flourish to mark the arrival of someone important
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Facetious
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Supposed to be funny but silly/inappropriate
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Farce
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Absurd situation
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Fastidious
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Demanding
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fauna
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Animal life
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Feasible
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Possible
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Feckless
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Unlikely to be successful
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Fecund
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Fertile; highly imaginative
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Felicitous
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Appropriate; pleasant
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Felicity
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Something producing happiness
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Fetid
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Nauseating
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Fib
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White lie
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Filibuster
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Political delaying tactic
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Finagle
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Get something by trickery
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Firebrand
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Agitator
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Fixture
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Established person
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Flag
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To become weak or tired
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Flagrant
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Scandalous
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Flax
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Plant yielding linen fiber and oil
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Flippant
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Not taking something seriously enough
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Florid
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Unhealthily glowing pink/red complexion
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Flotilla
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Fleet of vessels; group of things moving together
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Flout
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Openly ignore law or convention
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Foible
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Weakness or quirk
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Forage
Food for animals
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Forbearance
Impatience
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Forego
Precede
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Forensics
Study of debating
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Forestall
Prevent or hinder
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Formulaic
Unoriginal
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Forthright
Outspoken; direct
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Fortitude
Determination
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Fortuitous
Happening by lucky chance
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Founder
Break down; fail
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Fractious
Irritable and complaining
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Fraternize
Spend time with people
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Freight
Goods for transportation
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Fugitive
Runaway
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Fulsome
Excessively complimentary; fawning to the point of being offensive
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Fundamentalism
Movement advocating return to traditional principles
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Furtive
Secretive
