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FLIPPANT / FLIPPANCY
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lacking proper seriousness
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A / N
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FLIT
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fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by
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V
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FLOE
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mass of floating ice
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N
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FLORA
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Plants of a region or era
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N
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FLORID
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ruddy; reddish; flowery
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A
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FLOTSAM
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drifing wreckage
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N
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FLOUNDER
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struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily and falter
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V
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FLOURISH
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grow well
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V
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FLOUT
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mock; reject; show contempt for
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V
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FLUCTUATE
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waver;shift
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V
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FLUENCY
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smoothness of speech;
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N
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FLUKE
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unlikely occurence; stroke of fortune
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N
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FLUSTER
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confuse
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V
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FLUTED
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having vertical parallel grooves (as in the piller)
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A
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FLUX
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flowing; series of changes
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N
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FODDER
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Coarse food for the cattle, horses etc.
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N
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FOIBLE
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weakness; slight fault
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N
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FOIL
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contrast
defeat; frustrate |
N / V
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FOIST
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insert improperly; palm off
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V
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FOLIAGE
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masses of leaves
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N
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FOMENT
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stir up; instigate
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V
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FOOLHARDY
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rash
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A
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FOP / FOPPISH
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Dandy; man excessively preoccupied with the clothes
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N / A
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FORAY
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raid
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V
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FORBEARANCE
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patience
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N
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FORD
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place where the river can be crossed on foot
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N / V
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FOREBEARS
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Ancestors
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N
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FOREBODING
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Premonition of evil
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N
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FORENSIC
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suitable to debate or courts of law
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A
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FORESHADOW
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give an indication beforehand; portend; prefigure
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V
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FORESIGHT
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ability to foresee future happenings; prudence
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N
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FORESTALL
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prevent by taking action in advance
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V
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FORGO
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give up; do without
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V
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FORLORN
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sad and lonely; wretched
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A
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FORMALITY
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ceremonious quality; something done just for form's sake
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N
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FORMIDABLE
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inspiring fear or apprehension; difficult; awe-inspiring
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A
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FORSAKE
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desert; abandon; renounce
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V
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FORSWEAR
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renounce; abandon
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V
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FORTE
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strong point or special talent
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N
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FORTHRIGHT
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straightforward; frank; direct
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A
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FORTITUDE
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Bravery; courage
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N
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FORTUITOUS
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accidental; by chance
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A
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FOSTER
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rear; encourage
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V / A
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FOUNDER
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fail completely; sink
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V
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FRACAS
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Noisy quarrel; brawl; melee
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N
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FRACTIOUS
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unruly; disobedient; irritable
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A
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FRAIL
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weak
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A
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FRANCHISE
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right granted by authority; right to vote; license to sell a product in a partidular territory
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N
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FRANTIC
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wild
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A
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FRAUDULENT
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cheating; deceitful
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A
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FRAUGHT
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filled or charged with; causing emotional distress
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A
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FRAY
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brawl
wear away by friction |
N / V
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FRENETIC
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frenzied; frantic
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A
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FRENZIED
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madly excited
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A
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FRESCO
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painting on plaster (usually fresh)
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N
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FRET
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be annoyed or vexed
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V
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FRICTION
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clash in opinion; rubbing against
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N
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FRIEZE
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ornamental band on a wall
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N
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FRIGID
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intensely cold
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A
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FRITTER
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waste
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V
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FRIVOLOUS / FRIVOLITY
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lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant
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A / N
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FROLICSOME
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prankish; gay
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A
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FROND
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fern leaf; palm or banana leaf
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N
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FROWARD
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stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
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A
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FRUCTIFY
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bear fruit
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V
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FRUGALITY / FRUGAL
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thrift; economy
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N / A
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FRUITION
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bearing of fruit; fulfilment; realization
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N
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FRUSTRATE
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thwart; defeat
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V
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FUGITIVE
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fleeting or transitory; roving
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A
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FULCRUM
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support on which a lever rests
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N
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FULMINATE
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denounce thunderously; explode
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V
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FULSOME
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disgustingly excessive
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A
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FUNCTIONARY
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official
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N
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FUNERAL
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sad; solemn
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A
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FUROR
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frenzy; great excitement
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A
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FURTIVE
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stealthy; sneaky
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A
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FUSILLADE
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simultaneous firing or outburst (of missiles, questions etc.,)
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N
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FUSION
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union; blending; synthesis
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N
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FUTILE / FUTILITY
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hopeless; useless
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A / N
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GADFLY
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animal-biting fly; an irritating person
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N
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GAFFE
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social blunder
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N
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