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fabricate
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build; lie
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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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factitious
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artificial; sham
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factotum
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handyman; person who does all kinds of work
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fallacy
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mistaken idea based 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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fancier
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breeder or dealer of animals
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fastidious
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difficult to please; sqeamish
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fatalism
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belief that events are determined by forces 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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faze
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disconcert; dismay
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feasible
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practical
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febrile
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feverish
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feckless
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feeble and ineffective
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feint (n)
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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 (adj.)
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cruel, deadly
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fell (v)
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to cut or knock down; bring down (with a missile)
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ferment (n)
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agitation; commotion
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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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fete (v)
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honor at a festival
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fetid
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malodorous; foul-smelling
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fiasco
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total failure
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figment
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invention; imaginary thing
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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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filigree
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delicate, lace like metalwork
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finesse
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delicate skill
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finite
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limited
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firebrand
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hothead; troublemaker
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fissure
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crevice
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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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falg
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droop; grow feeble
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flagrant
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conspicuously wicket; 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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flamboyant
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ornate
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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 (v)
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to rob; plunder
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flinch
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hesitate; shrink
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floe
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mass of floating ice
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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 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 horses, cattle, etc.
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foil (n)
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contrast
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foil (v)
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to defeat, frustrate
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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 (n)
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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 in 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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forsake
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desert; abandon; renounce
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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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fractious
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unruly; disobedient; irritable; peevish
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franchise (n)
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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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frenzied
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madly excited
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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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fritter
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waste
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frond
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fern leaf; palm or banana leaf
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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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frustrate (v)
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to thwart; defeat
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fugitive (adj)
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fleeting or transitory
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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 (n)
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official
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furor
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frenzy; great excitement
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fusillade
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simultaneous firing or outburst (of missiles, questions, criticism, etc.)
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