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40 Cards in this Set
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flippant
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not too serious
a flippant remark |
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flit
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fly; dart about
a bee flitting from flower to flower |
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floe
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mass of floating ice
the ship navigated through ice floes ice floes FLOW!!! |
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florid
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ruddy; reddish
a florid complexion |
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flotsam
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drifting wreckage
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flout
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reject; mock
flout the law by selling to minors |
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fluted
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having parallel grooves
fluted columns |
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fodder
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coarse food for cattle
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foil
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NOUN: contrast
Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's foil |
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foist
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impose on
foist your crummy furniture on me |
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foment
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stir up; instigate
accused of fomenting civil unrest |
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foolhardy
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rash
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foppish
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vain about dress and appearance
the foppish manner of the young men of the clubs |
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foray
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raid
a midnight foray against the enemy |
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forbearance
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patience
use forbearance in dealing with him |
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ford
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place where a river can be crossed on foot
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forebears
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ancestors
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forestall
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prevent by taking action in advance
preempt forestall the reelection |
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forensic
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suitable to debate or courts of law
the lawyer acted forensically |
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forswear
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renounce; abandon
forswear your religion |
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fortuitous
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accidental; by chance
we won by a fortuitous rebound |
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founder
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fail completely; sink
the Titanic foundered |
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fractious
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unruly
fractious opposition party |
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franchise
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the right granted by authority; the right to vote; the right to sell a product in a territory
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fraught
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filled
fraught with danger |
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fray
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brawl
in the thick of the fray |
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fresco
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painting on plaster
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frieze
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ornamental band on a wall
the frieze of a church |
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fritter
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waste
VERB he frittered away his time with AIM |
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frolicsome
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prankish; gay
frolicsome puppy |
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frond
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fern, palm leaf
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fructify
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to bear fruit
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frustrate
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thwart; defeat
the ruler's plans were frustrated |
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fugitive
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ADJ
fleeting or transitory the fugitive nature of life |
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fulsome
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disgustingly excessive
he paid fulsome tribute to his secretary |
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functionary
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official
a capitol hill functionary |
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funereal
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sad or solemn
FUNERAL |
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furor
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frenzy; excitement
the story caused a furor in the city |
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furtive
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stealthy; sneaky
furtive plans to steal the jewel |
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fusillade
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simultaneous outburst (of missles, questions, drum beats)
fusillade of missles |
