Barron's Word List 19

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fallacy

Back 1

mistaken idea based on flawed reasoning; invalid argument

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falter

Back 2

hesitate

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fancied (adj)

Back 3

imagined, unreal

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fancier (n)

Back 4

breeder or dealer of animals

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fancy (n)

Back 5

notion, whim, inclination

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fanfare (n)

Back 6

call by bugles or trumpets; showy display

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farce (n)

Back 7

broad comedy, mockery

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fastidious (adj)

Back 8

difficult to please; squeamish

"fastidious eater"

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fatalism (n)

Back 9

belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control

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fathom (v)

Back 10

(1) comprehend

(2) measure the depth of (water); investigate

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fatuous

Back 11

brainless, inane, foolish, yet smug

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faze (v)

Back 12

disconcert, dismay

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feasible (adj)

Back 13

practical

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febrile (adj)

Back 14

feverish

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feckless (adj)

Back 15

(1) incompetent, ineffectual

"feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"

(2) can't take on responsibility

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fecundity (n)

Back 16

fertility, fruitfulness

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feint (n)

Back 17

any distracting or deceptive maneuver (like a mock attack), trick

verb = to deceive by a mock action (the midfielder feinted to shoot)

**MNEUMONIC: THINK OF A FEINT IN SOCCER**

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felicitous (adj)

Back 18

apt, suitably expressed; well-chosen

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felicity (n)

Back 19

happiness, appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc)

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fell (adj)

Back 20

cruel, deadly

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fell (v)

Back 21

cut or knock down; bring down (with a missile)

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ferment (n)

Back 22

agitation; commotion

"the political ferment"

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ferret (v)

Back 23

search/discover through persistent investigation

"she ferreted out the truth"

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fervent (adj)

Back 24

ardent, hot

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fervid (adj)

Back 25

ardent

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fester (v)

Back 26

produce irritation or resentment

"his comments festered in my mind for days"

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fete (v)

Back 27

honor at a festival

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fetid (adj)

Back 28

malodorous; foul-smelling

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fiasco

Back 29

total failure

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figment n)

Back 30

invention, imaginary thing

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filch

Back 31

steal

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filigree (n)

Back 32

delicate, lacelike metalwork

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filing (n)

Back 33

particle removed by a file

"as the prisoner filed away at the iron bar on the cell window, a small heap of filings accumulated on the window sill."

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finicky (adj)

Back 34

too particular, fussy

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finite (adj)

Back 35

limited

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firebrand (n)

Back 36

hothead; troublemaker

"the local firebrands caused trouble for the police"

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fitful (adj)

Back 37

spasmodic, intermittent

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flaccid (adj)

Back 38

flabby

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flail (v) (4)

Back 39

(1) Wave or swing or cause to wave or swing wildly

"flail your arms"

(2) Flounder; struggle uselessly

"I was flailing about in the water"

(3) Beat; flog

"he escorted them, flailing their shoulders with his cane"

(4) beat the seeds out of a grain

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flair (n)

Back 40

talent

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flamboyant

Back 41

ornate

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flay (v) (4)

Back 42

(1) strip the skin off (of a person or corpose)
(2) whip or beat someone so hard as to remove skin
(3) criticize very harshly
(4) extort/exact money/belongings from someone

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fleck (v)

Back 43

to make a spot or mark onto

"Pollack's coveralls, flecked with paint, bore witness to the sloppiness of the spatter school of art"

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fledgling (adj)

Back 44

inexperienced, emerging/developing

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fleece (n)

Back 45

wool coat of a sheep

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fleece (v)

Back 46

rob, plunder

(to get $ by overcharging, swindling)

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flick (n)

Back 47

light stroke as with a whip