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Fabrication

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a lie; something made up

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Facade

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the front of a building; the false front of a building; the false front or misleading appearance of anything

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Facet

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any of the flat, polished surfaces of a cut gem; aspect

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Facetious

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humorous; not seriously; clumsily humorous

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Facile

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fluent; skillful in a superficial way

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Faction

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a group, usually a small part of a larger group, united around some cause; disagreement within an organization

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Fallacy

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a false notion or belief; a misconception

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Farcical

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absurd; ludicrous

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Fastidious

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meticulous; demanding; finicky

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Fatalist

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someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them

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Fathom

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to understand; to penetrate the meaning of

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Fatuous

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foolish; silly; idiotic

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Fauna

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animals

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Faux

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FALSE

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Fawn

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to exhibit attention; to seek favor through flattery; to kiss up to someone

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Fecund

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fertile; productive

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Feign

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to make a false representation of; to pretend

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Felicity

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happiness; skillfulness, especially at expressing things; adeptness

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Fervor

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great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal

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Fester

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to generate pus; to decay

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Fetish

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an object of obsessive reverence, attention, or interest

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Fetter

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to restrain; to hamper

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Fiasco

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a complete failure or disaster; an incredible screwup

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Fiat

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an arbitrary decree or order

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Fickle

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likely to change for no good reason

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Fidelity

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faithfulness; loyalty

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Figment

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something made up or invented; a fabrication

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Figurative

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based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually used for something else; metaphorical

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Finesse

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skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness

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Fiscal

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pertaining to financial matters; monetary

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Flagrant

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glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous

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Flaunt

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to show off; to display ostentatiously

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Fledgling

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inexperienced or immature

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Flippant

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frivolously disrespectful; saucy; pert; flip

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Florid

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ruddy; flushed; red-faced

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Flout

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to disregard something out of disrespect

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Fodder

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coarse food for livestock; raw material

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Foible

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a minor character flaw

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Folly

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foolishness; insanity; imprudence

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Foment

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to stir up; to instigate

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Foray

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a quick raid or attack; an initial venture

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Forbear

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to refrain from; to abstain

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Forego

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to do without; to forbear

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Forebode

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to be an omen of; to predict; to foretell

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Foreclose

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to deprive a mortgagor of his or her rights to redeem a property; to shut out or exclude

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Forensic

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related to or used in courts of law

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Forestall

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to thwart, prevent,or hinder something from happening; to head off

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Forsake

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to abandon; to renounce; to relinquish

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Forswear

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to retract, renounce, or recant; to take back

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Forte

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a person’s strong point, special talent, or speciality

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Forthright

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frank; outspoken; going straight to the point

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Fortuitous

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accidental; occurring by chance

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Foster

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to encourage; to promote the development of

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Founder

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to fail; to collapse; to sink

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Fragmentary

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incomplete; disconnected; made up of fragments

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Fraternal

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like brothers

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Frenetic

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frantic; frenzied

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Frugal

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economical; penny-pinching

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Fruitiful

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productive; producing good or abundant results; successful

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Fuel

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to stimulate; to ignite; to kindle; as if providing with fuel

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Fulminate

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to denounce vigorously; to protect vehemently against something

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Furtive

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secretive; sly

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futile

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useless; hopeless

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