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40 Cards in this Set
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fetid
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having a bad smell
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fetter
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to bind; confine
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fiat
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arbitray order; authorization
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fidelity
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loyalty; exact correspondence
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filibuster
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use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law
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finesse
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to handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; refined in performance
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fissure
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crevice
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flag
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to droop; grow weak
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fledging
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beginner; novice
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flora
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plants of a region or era
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flourish
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en embellishment or ornamentation
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flout
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to treat scornfully
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flux
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flowing; a continuous moving
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foment
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to incite; arouse
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forbearance
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patience
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forestall
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to prevent; delay
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formidable
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menacing; threatening
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forswear
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renounce; repudiate
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founder
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to sink; fail; colapse
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fracas
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a loud quarrel; brawl
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fractious
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quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious
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fresco
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a painting done on plaster
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frieze
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ornamental band on a wall
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froward
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stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
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frugality
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thrift
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fulminate
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to attack loudly; denounce
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fulsome
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so excessive as to be disgusting
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fusion
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union; synthesis
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futile
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ineffective; useless; fruitless
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florid
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ruddy; reddish; flowery
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gainsay
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to deny; dispute; oppose
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gambol
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to frolic; leap playfully
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garrulous
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very talkative; wordy
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gauche
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coarse and uncouth; clumsy
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geniality
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cheerfulness; kindliness; sociability
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gerrymander
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to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party
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glib
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fluent in an insincere way; offhand
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goad
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to prod; urge on
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gossamer
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sheer; light and delicate; like cobwebs
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gouge
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to tear out; scoop out; overcharge
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