SAT Vocab F Flashcards by E B

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fabricate

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to make or devise; construct

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façade

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face, front; mask, superficial appearance

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facile

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very easy; simplistic

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fallacious

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wrong, unsound, illogical

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fallow

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uncultivated, unused

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fanaticism

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extreme devotion to a cause

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farcical

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absurd, ludicrous

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fastidious

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careful with details

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fathom

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to understand, gauge

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fatuous

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stupid; foolishly self-satisfied

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fawn

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to flatter excessively, seek the flavor of

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faze

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to bother, upset, or disconcert

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feckless

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ineffective, careless, irresponsible

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feign

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to pretend, give a false impression; to invent falsely

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felicitous

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suitable, appropriate; well-spoken

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fell

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to chop, cut down

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fervid

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passionate, intense, zealous

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fetid

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foul-smelling, putrid

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fiasco

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disaster, utter failure

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fidelity

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loyalty

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finicky

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fussy, difficult to please

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flaccid

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limp, flabby, weak

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flagrant

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outrageous, shameless

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flamboyant

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flashy, garish; exciting, dazzling

flaunt

to show off

flora

plants

florid

gaudy, extremely ornate; ruddy, flushed

flounder

to flater, waver; to muddle, struggle

flout

to treat contemptuously, scorn

fluctuate

to alternate, waver

foible

minor weakness or character flaw

foil

to defeat, frustrate

foment

to arouse or incite

ford

to cross a body of water at a shallow place

foreboding

dark sense of evil to come

forestall

to prevent, delay; anticipate

forethought

anticipation, foresight

forgo

to go without, refrain from

forlorn

dreary, deserted; unhappy, hopeless, despairing

forswear

to repudiate, renounce, disclaim, reject

forte

strong point, something a person does well

fortuitous

happening by luck, fortunate

foster

to nourish, cultivate, promote

founder

to fall helplessly; sink; fail

fracas

noisy dispute

fractious

unruly, rebellious

fraudulent

deceitful, dishonest, unethical

fraught

full of, accompanied by; anxious

frenetic

wildly frantic, frenzied, hectic

fulsome

sickeningly excessive, repulsive

funeral

mournful, appropriate to a funeral

furtive

secret, stealthy