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facade
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front (of building); superficial or false appearance
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facet
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small plane surface (of a gem); a side
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facetious
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* joking (often inappropriately); humorous
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facile
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easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial
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facilitate
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* help bring about; make less difficult
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facsimile
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copy
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faction
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party; clique; dissension
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factious
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inclined to form factions; causing dissension
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factotum
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handyman; person who does all kinds of work
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faculty
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mental or bodily powers; teaching stahh
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fallacious
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* false; misleading
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fallacy
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mistaken idea baed on flawed reasoning; invalid argument
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fallow
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plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
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falter
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hesitate
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fancied
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imagined; unreal
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fancier
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breeder or dealer of animals
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fanfare
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call by bugles or trumpets; showy display
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fastidious
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difficult to please; squeamish
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fatalism
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belief that events are determined by forced beyond one's control
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fathom
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comprehend; investigate
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fatuous
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* brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug
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fauna
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animals of a period of time or region
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fawning
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* trying to please someone by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing
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febrile
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feverish
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feckless
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feeble and ineffective; careless and irresponsible
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fecundity
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fertility; fruitfulness
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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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fell
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cut or knowck down; bring down (with a missile)
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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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fervent
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ardent; hot
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fervid
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ardent
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fervor
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* glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
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fester
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rankle; produce irritation or resentment
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fete
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honor at a festival
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fetid
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malodorous; foul-smelling
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fetter
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shackle
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fiat
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command; authorization
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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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block legislation by making long speeches
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filigree
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delicate, lacelike metalwork
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filing
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particle removed by a file
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firebrand
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hothead; troublemaker
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fitful
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spasmodic; intermittent
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flaccid
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flabby
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flag
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* droop; grow feeble
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flagrant
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conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous
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flail
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thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about
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flair
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talent
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flay
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strip off skin; plunder; whip; attack with harsh criticism
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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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flick
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light stroke as with a whip
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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; dary lightly; pass swiftly by
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floe
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mass of floating ice
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flora
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plants of a region or era
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florid
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ruddy; reddish; flowery
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flotsam
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drifting wreckage
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flout
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* reject; mock; show contempt for
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fluster
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confuse
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fluted
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having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar)
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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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foil
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contrast
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foist
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insert improperly; palm off
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foment
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* stir up; instigate
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foolhardy
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rash
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fop
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dandy; man excessively preoccupied with his clothes
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foray
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raid
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forbearance
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patience
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ford
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place where a river can be crossed on foot
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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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formidable
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inspiring fear or apprehension; difficult; awe-inspiring
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forswear
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renounce; abandon
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forte
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strong point or special talent
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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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founder
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fail completely; sink
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fracas
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brawl, melee
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fracious
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unruly; disobedient; irritable
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franchise
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right granted by authority; right to vote; license to sell a product in a particular territory
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frantic
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wild
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fraught
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filled or charged with; causing emotional distress
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fray
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brawl
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frenetic
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frenzied; frantic
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fresco
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painting on plaster (usually fresh)
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fret
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be annoyed or vexed
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frieze
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ornamental band on a wall
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frigid
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intensely cold
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fritter
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waste
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frolicsome
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prankish; gay
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froward
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stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
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fructify
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bear fruit
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frugality
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* thrify; economy
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fruition
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bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
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fugitive
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fleeting or transitory; roving
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fulminate
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denounce thunderously; explode
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fulsome
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disgustingly excessive
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functionary
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official
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funereal
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sad; solemn
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furor
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frenzy; great excitement
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furtive
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stealthy; sneaky
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fusillade
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simultaneous firing or outburst (of missiles, questions, etc.)
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futile
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* useless; hopeless; ineffectual
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