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84 Cards in this Set
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facsimile
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copy
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fatuous
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foolish, inane
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facile
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easily accomplished, ready or fluent, superficial
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facade
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front of building, superficial or false appearance
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faculty
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mental or bodily powers
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farce
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broad comedy, mockery
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fatalism
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belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control
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fauna
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animals of a period or region
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fawning
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courting favor by cringing and flattering
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faze
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disconcert, dismay
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fecundity
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fruitfulness, fertility
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feign
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pretend
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feint
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trick, shift, sham blow
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felicitous
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apt, suitably expressed, well chosen
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felicity
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happiness, appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc)
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fell
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cruel, deadly
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feral
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not domestic, wild
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ferment
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agitation, commotion
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ferret
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drive or hunt out of hiding
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fester
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rankle, produce irritation or resentment
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festive
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joyous, celebratory
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fetid
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maladorous
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fetter
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shackle
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fiasco
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total failure
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figurine
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small ornamental statuette
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filch
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steal
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filial
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pertaining to a son or daughter
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filibuster
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to block legislation by making long speeches
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firebrand
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hothead, troublemaker
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flabbergasted
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astounded, astonished, overcome with surprise
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flag
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droop, grow feeble
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flair
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talent
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fleck
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spot
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fledgling
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inexperienced
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fleece
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rob, plunder
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flinch
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hesitate, shrink
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flippant
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lacking proper seriousness
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flit
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fly, dart lightly, pass swiftly
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floe
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mass of floating ice
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flounder
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struggle and thrash about, proceed clumsily or falter
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flout
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reject, mock
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fluster
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confuse
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flux
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flowing, series of changes
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fodder
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coarse food for cattle, horses, etc..
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foible
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weakness, slight fault
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foil
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defeat, frustrate
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foliage
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masses of leaves
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foment
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stir up, instigate
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fop
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dandy, man excessively concerned with his clothes
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forbearance
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patience
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forbears
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ancestors
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forensic
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suitable to debate or courts of law
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forestall
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prevent by taking action in advance
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forgo
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to give up, do without
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forlorn
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sad and lonely, wretched
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formality
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ceremonious quality, something done just for form's sake
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formidable
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menacing, threatening
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forsake
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desert, abandon
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forsake
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desert, abandon
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forswear
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renounce, abandon, foresake
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forte
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strong point or special talent, flair
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forthright
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outspoken, straightforward, frank
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fortitude
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bravery, courage
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fortuitous
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accidental, by chance
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foster
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rear, encourage
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founder
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fail completely, sink
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fracas
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brawl, melee
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fractious
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unruly, disobediant, irritable
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franchise
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right granted by authority
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frantic
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wild
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fraternize
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associate in a friendly way
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fraught
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filled
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fray
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brawl, fracas
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frenetic
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frenzied, frantic
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frenzied
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madly excited
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fret
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to be annoyed or vexed
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frigid
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intensely cold
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frolicsome
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prankish, gay
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fruition
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bearing of fruit, fulfillment, realization
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frustrate
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thwart, defeat
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fulsome
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disgustingly excessive
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furlough
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leave of absence, vacation granted a soldier or civil servant
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furor
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frenzy, great excitement
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futile
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useless, hopeless, ineffectual
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