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22 Cards in this Set
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facetious |
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant |
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facilitate |
to make less difficult |
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factotum |
a person who does all sorts of work; a handyman |
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fallacious |
based on a false idea or fact; misleading |
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fallow |
plowed but not sowed; uncultivated |
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fatuous |
foolishly self-satisfied |
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felicitous |
well chosen or suited to the circumstances |
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fetid |
having a bad smell |
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fetter |
to bind; confine |
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fiat |
an arbitrary order, a formal authorization or proposition |
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florid |
ruddy; reddish; flowery |
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flout |
to treat scornfully |
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foment |
to incite; arouse |
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forswear |
renounce; repudiate |
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founder |
to sink; fail; collapse |
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fracas |
a loud quarrel; brawl |
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fractious |
quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious |
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fresco |
a painting done on plaster |
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frieze |
ornamental band on a wall |
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froward |
stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient |
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fulminate |
to attack loudly; denounce |
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fulsome |
so excessive as to be disgusting |
