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22 Cards in this Set
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facetious
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adj. witty, humorous
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facile
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adj. easily accomplished; seeming to lack sincerity or depth; arrived at without due effort
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fallacious
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adj. tending to deceive or mislead; based on a fallacy
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febrile
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adj. feverish, marked by intense emotion or activity
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feckless
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adj. ineffective, worthless
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feign
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v. to pretend, to give a false appearance of
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feral
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adj. suggestive of a wild beast, not domesticated
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fictive
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adj. fictional, relating to imaginative creation
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filibuster
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v. to use obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speech making, in order to delay something
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fitful
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adj. intermittent, lacking steadiness; characterized by irregular bursts of activity
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flippant
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adj. marked by disrespectful lightheartedness or casualness
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flout
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v. to scorn, to disregard with contempt
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fodder
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n. raw material, as for artistic creation; readily abundant ideas or creations
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forego
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v. to precede, to go ahead of
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forgo
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v. to do without, to abstain from
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formidable
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adj. fearsome, daunting; tending to inspire awe or wonder
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fortitude
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n. strength of mind that allows one to encounter adversity with courage
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fortuitous
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adj. by chance, especially by favorable chance
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frenetic
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adj. frantic, frenzied
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fulsome
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adj. abundant; flattering in an insincere way
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furlough
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n. a leave of absence, especially granted to a soldier or prisoner
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furtive
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adj. sly, with hidden motives
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