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fabricate
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v.build, lie
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facade
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n.front of the building;superficial or false appearance
The ornate facade of tower 101. His outward confidence is just a facade she assumed |
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facet
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n.small plane surface;side
improve the diamond by providing it with several facets |
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facetious
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adj.humorous, joking (often inapproprietly)
J. K. Morley was being both serious and facetious when he claimed that "the world's greatest water power is woman's tears |
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facile
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adj
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facilitate
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v.
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facsimile
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n.copy
many museums sell facsimiles of the works of art on display |
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faction
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n.
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factious
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adj.inclined to form faction;causing dissension
Your statement is factious and will upset the harmony that now exists |
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factitious
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adj.
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factotum
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n.person who does all kind of work, handyman
The new hire is used as a factotum around the officd |
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faculty
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n.mental or bodily power;teaching stuff
I fear i might lose my faculties and become unfit to work |
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fallacious
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adj
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fallible
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adj.likable to error
I know i am a fallible guy. |
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fallow
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adj
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falter
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v.
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fanaticism
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n.
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fancied
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adj.imagined,unreal
You are resenting fancied result. No one has ever said those things about you |
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fancier
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n.breeder of dealer of animal
the animal fancier exihibit her prize |
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fanciful
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adj.whimsical,visionary
This is a fanciful scheme. It doesn't consider the fact |
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fanfare
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n.showy display
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farce
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n.broad comedy,mockery
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fastidious
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adj
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fatalism
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n.
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fathom
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v.comprehend,investigate
I can't fanthom why he is doing that |
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fatuous
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adj.
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fauna
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n.
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fawning
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adj.courting favor by cringing and flattering
She was constantly surronded by a group of fawning admirers |
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faze
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v.dismay,disconert
No crisis can faze the hotel manager |
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feasible
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adj.
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febrile
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adj.feverish
In his feverish condition, he is subjected to nightmare |
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fecundity
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n.fertility;fruitfulness
The fercundity of her mind can be seen in his music compositions |
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feign
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v.
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feint
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n.
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felicitous
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adj.apt;suitably expressed;well chosen
He was famous for his felicitous response |
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felicity
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n.
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felon
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n.
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feral
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adj.not domestic;wild
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ferment
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n.agitation;commotion
With the break up of soviet Union, the whole eastern Europe is in a state of ferment |
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ferret
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v.drive or hunt out of hiding
she ferreted out their secret |
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fervent
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adj.showing great zeal,ardent
she felt that the fervent praise was excessive |
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fervid
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adj.ardent
Her fervid enthusiam inspired all of us to undertake the dangerous mission. |
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fervor
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n.glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal fervor;Laurence and Ben argue with fervor |
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fester
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v.rankle,produce irritation or resentment
Joe's insult festered in Anne's mind for days and made her too angry |
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festive
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adj.joyous;celebratory
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fete
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v.honor at a festival
The hero who killed the dragon was feted. |
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fetid
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adj.malodorous
the neglected wound becomes fetid |
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fetter
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v.shackle
The prisoner was fettered to the wall |
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fiasco
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n.total failure
Our mission eneded in a fiasco |