Vocab: F Flashcards by J L

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Facilitate

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To make less difficult

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Facetious

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Humorous

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Factotum

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A person who does all sorts of work; a handyman

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Fallacious

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Based on a false idea or fact; misleading

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Fallow

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Plowed but not sowed; uncultivated

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Fatuous

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Foolishly self-satisfied

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Fauna

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Animals of a period or region

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Fawning

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Seeking favor by flattering

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Felicitous

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Suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen

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Feral

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Existing in a wild or untamed state

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Fervor

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Warmth and intensity of emotion

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Fetid

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Having a bad smell

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Fetter

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To bind;confine

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Fiat

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Arbitrary order; authorization

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Fidelity

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Loyalty; exact correspondence

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Filibuster

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Use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law

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Finesse

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To handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse, that is, refinement in performance

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Fissure

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Crevice

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Flag

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To droop; grow weak

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Fledgling

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Beginner; novice

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Flora

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Plants of a region or era

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Florid

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Ruddy; reddish; flowery

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Flourish

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An embellishment it ornamentation

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Flout

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To treat scornfully

Flux

Flowing; a continuous moving

Foment

To incite; arouse

Forbearance

Patience

Forestall

To prevent; delay

Formidable

Menacing; threatening

Forswear

Renounce; repudiate

Founder

To sink; fail; collapse

Fracas

A loud quarrel; brawl

Fractious

Quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious

Fresco

A painting done on plaster

Frieze

Ornamental band on a wall

Froward

Stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient

Frugality

Thrift

Fulminate

To attack loudly; denounce

Fulsome

So excessive as to be disgusting

Fusion

Union; synthesis

Futile

Ineffective; useless; fruitless