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FALLACIOUS / FALLACY
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false;misleading
Mistaken idea based on flawed resoning; invalid argument |
A / N
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FALLIABLE
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liable to err
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A
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FALLOW
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ploughed but not sowed; uncultivated
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A
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FALTER
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hesitate
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V
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FANATICISM // FANATIC
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Excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
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A // A / N
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FANCIED // FANCY
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imagined; unreal
notion; whim; inclination |
A // N / A
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FANFARE
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call by bugles or trumpets; showy display
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N
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FARCE / FARCICAL
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broad comedy; mockery
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N / A
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FASTITIOUS
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Difficult to please; squeamish
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A
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FATALISM
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Belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control
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N
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FATHOM
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comprehend; investigate
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V
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FATUOUS
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brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug; Fatheads
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A
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FAUNA
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animals of a period or region
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N
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FAWNING
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trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing
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A
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FAZE
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disconcert; dismay
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V
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FEASIBLE
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pratical
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A
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FEBRILE
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Feverish
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A
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FECKLESS
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feeble and ineffective; careless and irresponsible
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A
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FECUNDITY
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Fertility; fruitfulness
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N
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FEIGN
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pretend
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V
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FEINT
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trick; shift; sham blow
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N
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FELICITOUS / FELICITY
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apt; suitable expressed; well chosen
appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.); happiness |
A / N
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FELL
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cruel; deadly
cut or knock down, bring down (with a missile) |
A / V
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FELON
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person convicted of a grave crime
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N
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FERAL
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not domestic; wild
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A
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FERMENT
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agitation; commotion
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N / V
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FERRET
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Drive or hunt out of hiding
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V
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FERVENT
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ardent; hot
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A
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FERVID
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ardent
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A
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FERVOR
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glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
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N
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FESTER
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rankle; produce irritation or resentment
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V
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FESTIVE
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Joyous; celebratory
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A
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FETE
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honor at a festival
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V
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FETID
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malodorous; foul-smelling
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A
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FETTER
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shackle
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V
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FIASCO
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total failure
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N
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FIAT
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command; authorization
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N
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FICKLE
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changeable; faithless
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A
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FICTITIOUS
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imaginary
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A
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FIDELITY
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loyalty
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N
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FIGMENT
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invention;imaginary thing
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N
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FIGURATIVE
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not literal, but metamorpical; using a figure of speech
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A
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FIGURINE
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small ornamental statuette
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N
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FILCH
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steal
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V
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FILIAL
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pertaining to son or daughter
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A
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FILIBUSTER
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block legislation by making long speeches
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N
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FILIGREE
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Delicate, lacelike metalwork
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N
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FILING
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particle removed by a file
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N
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FINALE
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conclusion
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N
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FINESSE
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delicate skill
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N
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FINICKY
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too particular; fussy
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A
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FINITE
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limited
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A
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FIREBRAND
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hothead; troublemaker
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N
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FISSURE
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crevice
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N
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FITFUL
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spasmodic; intermittent
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A
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FLACCID
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flabby
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A
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FLAG / FLAGGING
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droop; grow feeble
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V / A
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FLAGRANT
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conscpicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous
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A
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FLAIL
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thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about
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V
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FLAIR
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talent
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N
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FLAMBOYANT
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ornate
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A
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FLAUNT
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display ostentatiously
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V
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FLAY
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strip off skin; plunder; whip; attack with harsh criticism
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V
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FLECK
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spot
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V
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FLEDGLING
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inexperienced
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A
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FLEECE
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wool coat of a sheep
Rob;plunder |
N / V
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FLICK
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light stroke as with a whip
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V
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FLINCH
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hesitate; shrink
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V
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