Word List 19 Flashcards by Joseline lu | Brainscape

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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

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Ardent

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Fervor

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Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling

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Fester

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Rankle; produce irritation or resentment

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Festive

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Joyous

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Fetid

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Malodorous

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Fetter

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Shackle

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Fiasco

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Total failure

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Fickle

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Changeable

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Fictitious

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Imaginary

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Fidelity

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Loyalty

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Figment

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Invention; imaginary thing

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Figurative

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Not literal; but metaphorical

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Filament

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Fine thread or fiber

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Filch

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Steal

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Filial

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Pertaining to a son or daughter

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Filibuster

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To block legislation by making long speeches

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Finesse

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Delicate skill

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Finicky

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Too particular; fussy

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Firebrand

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Hothead; troublemaker

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Fitful

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Spasmodic; intermittent

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Flabbergasted

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Astounded; astonished; overcome with surprise

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Flaccid

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Flabby

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Flag

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Droop; grow feeble

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Flagrant

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Conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous

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Flair

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Talent

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Flamboyant

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Ornate

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Flaunt

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Display ostentatiously

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Fleck

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Spot

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Fledging

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Inexperienced

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Fleece

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Rob; plunder

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Flinch

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Hesitate; shrink