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expanse n
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A continuous area or stretch
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expansion n
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Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like
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expatriate v
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To drive from one's own country
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expect v
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To look forward to as certain or probable
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expectancy n
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The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable
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expectorate v
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To cough up and spit forth
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expediency n
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Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case
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expedient adj
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Contributing to personal advantage
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expedite v
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To hasten the movement or progress of
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expeditious adj
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Speedy
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expend v
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To spend
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expense n
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The laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength
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expiate v
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To make satisfaction or amends for
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explicate v
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To clear from involvement
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explicit adj
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Definite
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explode v
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To cause to burst in pieces by force from within
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explosion n
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A sudden and violent outbreak
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explosive adj
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Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak
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exposition n
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Formal presentation
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expository adj
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Pertaining to a formal presentation
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expostulate v
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To discuss
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exposure n
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An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass
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expressive adj
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Full of meaning
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expulsion n
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Forcible ejection
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extant adj
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Still existing and known
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extemporaneous adj
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Done or made without much or any preparation
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extempore adv
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Without studied or special preparation
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extensible adj
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Capable of being thrust out
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extension n
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A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope
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extensive adj
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Extended widely in space, time, or scope
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extensor n
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A muscle that causes extension
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extenuate v
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To diminish the gravity or importance of
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exterior n
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That which is outside
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external n
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Anything relating or belonging to the outside
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extinct adj
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Being no longer in existence
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extinguish v
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To render extinct
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extol v
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To praise in the highest terms
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extort v
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To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity
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extortion n
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The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion
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extradite v
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To surrender the custody of
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extradition n
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The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government
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extrajudicial adj
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Happening out of court
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extraneous adj
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Having no essential relation to a subject
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extraordinary adj
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Unusual
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extravagance n
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Undue expenditure of money
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extravagant adj
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Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure
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extremist n
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One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views
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extremity n
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The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position
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extricate v
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Disentangle
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extrude v
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To drive out or away
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exuberance n
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Rich supply
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exuberant adj
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Marked by great plentifulness
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fabricate v
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To invent fancifully or falsely
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fabulous adj
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Incredible
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facet n
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One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem
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facetious adj
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Amusing
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facial adj
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Pertaining to the face
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facile adj
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Not difficult to do
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facilitate v
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To make more easy
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facility n
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Ease
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facsimile n
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An exact copy or reproduction
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faction n
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A number of persons combined for a common purpose
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factious adj
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Turbulent
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fallacious adj
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Illogical
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fallacy n
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Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning
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fallible adj
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Capable of erring
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fallow n
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Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest
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famish v
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To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst
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fanatic n
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A religious zealot
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fancier n
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One having a taste for or interest in special objects
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fanciless adj
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Unimaginative
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fastidious adj
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Hard to please
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fathom n
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A measure of length, 6 feet
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fatuous adj
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Idiotic
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faulty adj
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Imperfect
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faun n
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One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet
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fawn n
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A young deer
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fealty n
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Loyalty
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feasible adj
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That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable
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federate v
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To league together
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feint n
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Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement
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felicitate v
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To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event
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felicity n
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A state of well-founded happiness
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felon n
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A criminal or depraved person
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felonious adj
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Showing criminal or evil purpose
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felony n
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One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment
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feminine adj
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Characteristic of woman or womankind
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fernery n
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A place in which ferns are grown
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ferocious adj
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Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature
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ferocity n
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Savageness
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fervent adj
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Ardent in feeling
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fervid adj
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Intense
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fervor n
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Ardor or intensity of feeling
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festal adj
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Joyous
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festive adj
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Merry
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fete n
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A festival or feast
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fetus n
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The young in the womb or in the egg
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feudal adj
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Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal
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feudalism n
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The feudal system
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fez n
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A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel
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fiasco n
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A complete or humiliating failure
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fickle adj
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Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose
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fictitious adj
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Created or formed by the imagination
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fidelity n
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Loyalty
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fiducial adj
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Indicative of faith or trust
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fief n
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A landed estate held under feudal tenure
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filibuster n
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One who attempts to obstruct legislation
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finale n
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Concluding performance
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finality n
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The state or quality of being final or complete
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finally adv
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At last
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financial adj
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Monetary
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financier n
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One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations
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finery n
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That which is used to decorate the person or dress
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finesse n
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Subtle contrivance used to gain a point
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finite adj
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Limited
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fiscal adj
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Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government
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fishmonger n
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One who sells fish
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fissure n
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A crack or crack-like depression
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fitful adj
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Spasmodic
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fixture n
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One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position
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flag-officer n
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The captain of a flag-ship
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flagrant adj
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Openly scandalous
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flamboyant adj
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Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste
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flatulence n
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Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels
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flection n
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The act of bending
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fledgling n
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A young bird
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flexible adj
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Pliable
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flimsy adj
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Thin and weak
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flippant adj
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Having a light, pert, trifling disposition
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floe n
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A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice
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flora n
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The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district
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floral adj
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Pertaining to flowers
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florid adj
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Flushed with red
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florist n
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A dealer in flowers
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fluctuate v
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To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another
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fluctuation n
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Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another
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flue n
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A smoke-duct in a chimney
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fluent adj
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Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas
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fluential adj
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Pertaining to streams
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flux n
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A state of constant movement, change, or renewal
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foggy adj
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Obscure
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foible n
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A personal weakness or failing
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foist v
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To palm off
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foliage n
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Any growth of leaves
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folio n
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A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once
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folk-lore n
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The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people
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fondle v
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To handle tenderly and lovingly
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foolery n
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Folly
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foot-note n
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A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column
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foppery n
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Dandyism
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foppish adj
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Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners
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forbearance n
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Patient endurance or toleration of offenses
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forby adv
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Besides
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forcible adj
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Violent
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forecourt n
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A court opening directly from the street
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forejudge v
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To judge of before hearing evidence
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forepeak n
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The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck
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foreshore n
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That part of a shore uncovered at low tide
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forebode v
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To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil
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forecast v
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To predict
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forecastle n
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That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds
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foreclose v
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To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property
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forefather n
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An ancestor
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forego v
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To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of
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foreground n
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That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator
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forehead n
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The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair
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foreign adj
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Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country
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foreigner n
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A citizen of a foreign country
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foreknowledge n
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Prescience
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foreman n
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The head man
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foreordain v
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To predetermine
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foreordination n
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Predestination
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forerun v
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To go before as introducing or ushering in
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foresail n
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A square sail
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foresee v
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To discern beforehand
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foresight n
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Provision against harm or need
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foretell v
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To predict
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forethought n
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Premeditation
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forfeit v
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To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation
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forfend v
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To ward off
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forgery n
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Counterfeiting
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forgo v
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To deny oneself
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formation n
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Relative disposition of parts
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formidable adj
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Difficult to accomplish
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formula n
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Fixed rule or set form
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forswear v
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To renounce upon oath
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forte n
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A strong point
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forth adv
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Into notice or view
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forthright adv
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With directness
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fortify v
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To provide with defensive works
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fortitude n
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Patient courage
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foursome adj
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Consisting of four
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fracture n
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A break
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fragile adj
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Easily broken
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frailty n
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Liability to be broken or destroyed
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fragile adj
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Capable of being broken
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frankincense n
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A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes
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frantic adj
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Frenzied
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fraternal adj
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Brotherly
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fraudulence n
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Deceitfulness
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fraudulent adj
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Counterfeit
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fray v
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To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads
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freemason n
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A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans
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freethinker n
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One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion
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free trade n
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Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs
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frequency n
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The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space
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fresco n
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The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings
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freshness n
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The state, quality, or degree of being fresh
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fretful adj
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Disposed to peevishness
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frightful adj
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Apt to induce terror or alarm
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frigid adj
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Lacking warmth
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frigidarium n
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A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc
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frivolity n
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A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice
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frivolous adj
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Trivial
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frizz v
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To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to
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frizzle v
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To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair
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frolicsome adj
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Prankish
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frontier n
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The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country
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frowzy adj
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Slovenly in appearance
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frugal adj
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Economical
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fruition n
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Fulfillment
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fugacious adj
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Fleeting
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fulcrum n
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The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns
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fulminate v
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To cause to explode
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fulsome adj
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Offensive from excess of praise or commendation
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fumigate v
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To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection
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functionary n
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An official
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fundamental adj
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Basal
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fungible adj
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That may be measured, counted, or weighed
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fungous adj
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Spongy
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fungus n
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A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom
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furbish v
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To restore brightness or beauty to
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furlong n
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A measure, one-eighth of a mile
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furlough n
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A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer
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furrier n
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A dealer in or maker of fur goods
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further adj
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More distant or advanced
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furtherance n
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Advancement
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furtive adj
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Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief
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fuse v
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To unite or blend as by melting together
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fusible adj
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Capable of being melted by heat
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futile adj
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Of no avail or effect
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futurist n
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A person of expectant temperament
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gauge n
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An instrument for measuring
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gaiety n
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Festivity
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gaily adv
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Merrily
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gait n
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Carriage of the body in going
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gallant adj
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Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit
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galore adj
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Abundant
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galvanic adj
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Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action
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galvanism n
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Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action
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