Word List 19 Flashcards
(55 cards)
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Fallacious
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False; misleading
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Fallible
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Liable to err
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Fallow
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Plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
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Falter
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Hesitate
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Fanaticism
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Excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
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Fancy
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Notion; whim; inclination
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Fastidious
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Difficult to please; squeamish
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Fatalism
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Belief that events are determined by forces beyond one’s control
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Fathom
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Comprehend; investigate
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Fatuous
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Foolish; inane
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Fauna
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Animals of a period or region
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Fawning
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Courting favor by cringing and flattering
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Faze
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Disconcert; dismay
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Feasible
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Practical
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Fecundity
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Fertility; fruitless
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Feign
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Pretend
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Feint
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Trick; shift
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Felicitous
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Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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Felicity
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Happiness; appropriateness
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Fell
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Cruel; deadly
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Feral
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Not domestic; wild
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Ferment
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Agitation; commotion
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Ferret
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Drive or hunt out of hiding
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Fervent
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Ardent; hot
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Fervid
Ardent
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Fervor
Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
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Fester
Rankle; produce irritation or resentment
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Festive
Joyous
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Fetid
Malodorous
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Fetter
Shackle
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Fiasco
Total failure
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Fickle
Changeable
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Fictitious
Imaginary
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Fidelity
Loyalty
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Figment
Invention; imaginary thing
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Figurative
Not literal; but metaphorical
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Filament
Fine thread or fiber
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Filch
Steal
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Filial
Pertaining to a son or daughter
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Filibuster
To block legislation by making long speeches
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Finesse
Delicate skill
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Finicky
Too particular; fussy
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Firebrand
Hothead; troublemaker
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Fitful
Spasmodic; intermittent
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Flabbergasted
Astounded; astonished; overcome with surprise
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Flaccid
Flabby
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Flag
Droop; grow feeble
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Flagrant
Conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous
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Flair
Talent
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Flamboyant
Ornate
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Flaunt
Display ostentatiously
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Fleck
Spot
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Fledging
Inexperienced
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Fleece
Rob; plunder
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Flinch
Hesitate; shrink
