List 2E Flashcards

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facetious

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Amusing.

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facility

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Ease.

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facsimile

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An exact copy or reproduction.

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faction

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A number of persons combined for a common purpose.

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factious

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Turbulent.

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fallacious

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Illogical.

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fallacy

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Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning.

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fallible

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Capable of erring.

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fallow

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Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.

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fanatic

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A religious zealot.

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fastidious

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Hard to please.

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fealty

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Loyalty.

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felonious

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Showing criminal or evil purpose.

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ferocious

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Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature.

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gait

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Carriage of the body in going.

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gallant

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Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.

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gambol

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Playful leaping or frisking.

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gamut

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The whole range or sequence.

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garrote

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To execute by strangling.

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generic

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Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.

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genesis

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genteel

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Well-bred or refined.

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germane

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germinate

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To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form.

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gesticulate
To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech.
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gesture
A movement or action of the hands or face for expression.
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ghastly
Hideous.
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gibe
To utter taunts or reproaches.
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glacial
Icy, or icily cold.
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glutinous
Sticky.
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gluttonous
Given to excess in eating.
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gnash
To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage.
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gossamer
Flimsy.
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gourmand
A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.
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graceless
Ungracious.
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gradation
A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series.
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gradient
Moving or advancing by steps.
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grandeur
The quality of being grand or admirably great.
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grandiloquent
Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style.
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grapple
To take hold of.
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indefinitely
In a vague or uncertain way.
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indelible
That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed.
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indestructible
That can not be destroyed.
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indigence
Poverty.
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indigestible
Not digestible, or difficult to digest.
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indiscernible
Not perceptible.
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indiscreet
Lacking wise judgment.
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indiscriminate
Promiscuous.
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indistinct
Vague.
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indolent
Habitually inactive or idle.