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Facetious

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playful; humorous; not serious

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fallacy

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an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief

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fallow

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untilled, inactive, dormant

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fanaticl

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zealous; singled-mindedly obsessed with one thing.

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Fastidious

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excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please.

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fatuous

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silly, inanely foolish

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fawn

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to flatter or praise excessively.

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feckless

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ineffectual; irresponsible.

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felicitous

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suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos, delightful

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fervent

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greatly emotional or zealous

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fetid

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stinking, having a heavy bad smell

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fetter

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shackle, put in chains, restrain

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fickle

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a likeliness to casually change one’s mind.

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filibuster

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intentionally obstruction, usually using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action.

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flag

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to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline.

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filigree

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an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns; resembling such a pattern.

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Flip

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sarcastic, impertinent

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Florid

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flushed with color, ruddy, ornate

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flout

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to demonstrate contempt for

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foment

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to stir up, incite, rouse

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forbearance

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patience, willingness to wait

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ford

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to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream.

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forestall

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to act in a way a hinder, exclude or prevent an action; to circumvent or thwart

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forswear

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to renounce, disallow, repudiate

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fortuitous
happening by fortunate accident or chance
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fracas
noisy fight or quarrel, brawl
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fractious
quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, cranky
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froward
intractable; not willing to yield or comply; stubbornly disobedient.
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frugal
prudent in saving; not wasteful
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fulminate
to attack loudly or denounce
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furtive
marked by garnerstealth;covert; surreptitious
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gainsay
to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose
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galvanize
to startle into sudden action, stimulate
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gambol
to skip about playfully, frolic.
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garner
to gather and save, store up, acquire
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garrulous
pointlessly talkative, talking too much
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gauche
crude, awkward, tasteless
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germane
relevant to the subject at hand, appropriate in subject matter.
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glib
marked by ease for informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
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gossamer
delicate, insubstantial or tenuous; insincere
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grandiloquence
pompous speech or expression
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gregarious
sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people.
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grouse
to complain or grumble
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guile
trickery, duplicity, cunning.
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hackneyed
rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage. Every hackneyed phrase began as something other than a cliche; it only ended up on the greeting card circuit because enough people repeated it over and over.
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halcyon
calm and peaceful, prosperous
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hallow
to set apart as holy
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happenstance
a chance happening or event
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harangue
to deliver a loud, pompous speech or tirade
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Harbinger
anything that foreshadows a future event; an omen; a sign.
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harrow
to distress, create stress or torment
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hedonism
devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses
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hegemony
the consistent dominance or influence of one group, state, or ideology over others
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heretical
violating accepted dogma or convention, unorthodox.
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hermetic
airtight, impervious to outside influence
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heterodox
unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic
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hidebound
narrow or rigid in opinion, inflexible, oriented toward or confined to the past, extremely conservative.
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hirsute
hairy, shaggy
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homily
a sermon or morally instructive lecture, a platitude.
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homogenous
same throughout
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hortatory
urging to some course of conduct or action; encouraging
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hubris
arrogant presumption or pride
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hyperbole
an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech.
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iconoclast
one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions, challenges
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idolatrious
given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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idyll
a carefree, lighthearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience, a literary or musical piece describing such.
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ignominious
shameful, dishonorable, ignoble, undignified, disgraceful
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illiberality
quality of being narrow-minded, bigoted
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Imbroglio
difficult or embarrassing situation
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imminent
about to happen; impending
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immutable
not capable of change
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impassive
revealing no emotion or sensibility
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impecunious
lacking funds; without money
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imperious
commanding, masterful, arrogant, domineering, haughty
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imperturbable
marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
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impetuous
hastily or rashly energetic, impulsive and vehement
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implacable
not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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importune
to ask incessantly, beg, nag
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impudent
shameless bold; insolent, impertinent
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impugn
attack or assail verbally, censure, execrate, deny
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impunit
immunity from punishment, penalty, or harm.
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impute
to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe, assign as a characteristic.

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