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flippant
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adj. lacking proper seriousness; disrespectful levity
flippant remarks n. flippancy |
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flit
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v. fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by
flitted from one bf to the next |
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floe
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n. mass of floating ice
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florid
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adj. ruddy; reddish; flowery
sunburn - florid complexion |
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flotsam
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n. drifting wreckage
flotsam of the sea |
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flounder
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v. struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter
floundered about, tryin to regain his footing floundered until her supervisor showed her how to get started |
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flout
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v. reject; mock; show contempt for
flout a law flout a convention |
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fluster
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v. confuse
the teacher's sudden Q flustered him |
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fluted
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adj. having vertical parallel grooves
fluted columns |
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flux
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n. flowing; series of changes
the conditions are in such a state of flux |
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fodder
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n. coarse food for cattle, horses, etc
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foible
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n. weakness; slight fault
i can overlook the foibles of my friends |
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foil
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n. contrast
darth vader is the perfect foil for luke skywalker v. defeat; frustrate Skywalker foils vader's diabolical schemes |
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foist
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v. insert improperly; palm off
foist such ridiculous ideas on people |
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foment
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v. stir up; instigate
foment trouble foment such discord |
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foolhardy
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adj. rash
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fop
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n. dandy; man excessively preoccupied w/ his clothes
adj foppish |
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foray
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n. raid
the company staged a midnight foray against the enemy outpost |
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forbearance
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n. patience
treat him w/ forbearance |
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ford
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n. place where a river can be crossed on foot
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foreboding
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n. premonition of evil
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forensic
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adj. suitable to debate or courts of law
In her best forensic manner, the lawyer addressed the jury |
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forlorn
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adj. sad and lonely; wretched
the forlorn child was deserted by his family |
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forswear
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v. renounce; abandon
forswear your faith/religion |
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fortitude
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n. bravery; courage
he was awarded a medal for his fortitude in battle |
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fortuitous
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adj. accidental; by chance
their encounter was fortuitous |
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founder
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v. fail comopletely; sink
After hitting the iceberg, Titanic soon foundered |
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fracas
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n. brawl, melee (fight)
fracas in the bar |
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fractious
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adn. unruly; disobedient; irritable
fractious horse |
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franchise
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n. right granted by authority; right to vote; license to sell a product in a particular territory
the franchise was granted to women |
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fraught
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adj. filled or charged w/ ; causing emotional distress
parenting is fraught w/ anxiety |
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fray
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n. brawl
the fray at the bar |
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frenetic
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adj. frenzied; frantic
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fresco
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n. painting on plaster (usu fresh)
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fret
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v. be annoyed or vexed
don't fret over your grades |
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frieze
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n. ornamental band on a wall
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frigid
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adj. intensely cold
Alaska is a frigid zone |
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fritter
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v. waste
frittered away his time |
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frivolous
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adj. lacking seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant
frivolous personality |
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frolicsome
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adj. prankish (full of pranks, playful); gay
frolicsome puppy licked everyone |
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frond
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n. fern leaf; palm or banana leaaf
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froward
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adj. stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
Huck was a froward child |
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fructify
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v. bear fruit
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fruition
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n. bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
her dream finally came to fruition |
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frustrate
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v. thwart; defeat
frustrate someone's efforts |
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fugitive
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adj. fleeting or transitory; roving
brought fugitive images to mind |
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fulcrum
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n. support on which a lever rests
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fulminate
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v. denounce thunderously; explode
the preacher fulminated agaainst sinners |
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fulsome
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adj. disgustingly excessvie
disgusted by her fans' fulsome admiration |
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functionary
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n. official
the case was transferred from one functionary to another |
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funereal
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adj. sad; solemn
funereal atmosphere |
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furor
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n. frenzy; great excitement
the story of her embezzlement of the funds created a furor on the stock exchange |
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fusillade
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n. simultaneous fring or outburst (of misiles, questios, etc)
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gadfly
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n. animal-biting fly; an irritating person
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gaffe
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n. social blunder; clumsy social error
Calling your husband by your lover's name is worse than a mere gaffe; it is a tactical mistake |
