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49 Cards in this Set
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exquisite
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perfect, especially in a lovely, finely tuned, or delicate way
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exemportaneous
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made with little or no preparation
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extirpate
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destroy entirely
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extrinsic
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external, coming from the outside and therefore not of prime importance
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extrude
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expel, push out. protrude
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facade
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the front of a building
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facetious
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amusing, joking in an inappropriate time
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facile
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expert, able to work quickly and easily
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facilitate
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make easy or less difficult, free from impediment, lessen the labor of
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factious
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inclined to act for one group or party
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factotum
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employee with miscellaneous duties
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faille
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a ribbed fabric
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faint
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feeble, languid, exhausted
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fallacious
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untrue, misleading
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fallible
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capable of erring or being deceived in judgment
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falter
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to hesitate, stammer, flinch
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fanatic
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person with an unreasoning enthusiasm
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fantastic
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fanciful, produced or existing only in the imagination
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farrer
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blacksmith
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fasces
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Roman emblem of power made up of a bundle of rods with an axe blade protruding
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fastidious
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disdainful, squeamish, delicate to a fault
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fathom
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a measure of length used chiefly at sea, about six feet
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fatigue
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weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion
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fatuous
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conceitedly foolish, silly in an obnoxious way
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feasible
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able to be performed or executed by human means or agency.
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febrifuge
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any medicine for reducing fever
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feckless
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weak, spiritless, irresponsible
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feculent
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abounding in dregs, foul with impure substances, muddy
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felicitations
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congragulations on a happy occasions.
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ferret
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a type of weasel used in hunting rabbits
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ferrous
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containing iron
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fetish
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on object or ceremony of blind reverence
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fetus
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unborn animal in the womb
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fiasco
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ridiculous failure
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fickle
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likely to change
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filbert
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variety of hazelnut
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finesse
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artifice, subtlety of contrivance to gain a point.
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finite
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having a limit: bounded
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firth
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narrow inlet (Scottish)
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fissure
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a crack
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flagitious
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causing public odium, vile, scandalous
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flammable
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capable of being kindled into flame
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flatulent
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causing gas in the alimentary canal
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florescence
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flowering
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flotsam
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floating ship wreckage
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fluctuate
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change continually from one direction to another
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flume
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a narrow water channel, often artificial
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fluorescence
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property of giving off light after bombardment by certain rays
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foliaceous
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leaf-like, having leaves.
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