Lesson 16 : Vocab

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Exodus

Back 1

N. A departure, usually of large numbers of people.

Hint 1

Synonyms: Flight, escape, migration, emigration, hegtra.

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Exotic

Back 2

Adj. Foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual.

Hint 2

Phrase: exotic plant, exotic foods.

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Expedient

Back 3

Adj: Advantageous to one's interest or purpose.

N: An emergency course of action; a means to an end.

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Exploit

Back 4

V: To use the greatest possible advantage, often selfishly.

N: A brilliant or heroic deed.

Hint 4

Synonyms: capitalize on; nouns= feat, heroics, coup.

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Expound

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V: To explain in detail.

Hint 5

Synonyms: (verbs) clarify, elucidate explicate.

Antonyms: (verbs) summarize, abstract.

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Fabricate

Back 6

V.

-To assemble or construct from separate parts.

- To make up with the intention of deceiving.

Hint 6

Synonyms: produce, devise, manufacturer, come up with, cook up.

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Facetious

Back 7

Adj. Not meant seriously; playful or humorous.

Hint 7

Synonyms: waggish, whimsical, joking, comic, frivolous.

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Facsimile

Back 8

N. an exact copy.

Adj. Reproduce exactly.

Hint 8

Art books often contain surprisingly accurate full color facsimiles of the paintings they discuss.

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Fallacy

Back 9

N. Faulty reasoning; an error in logic.

A false or mistaken notion.

Hint 9

It is fallacy to assume that all redheaded people have quick tempers.

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Fathom

Back 10

N. A unit of length roughly equal to six feet and used primarily in the measurement of marine depths.

V. To get to the bottom of; to understand.

Hint 10

For as long as human beings have been able to think, they have attempted to fathom the mysteries of the universe.

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Fatuous

Back 11

Adj. Unconsciously foolish, stupid, or absurd.

Hint 11

It was such a fatuous remark that I almost burst out laughing when I heard it.

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Feasible

Back 12

Adj. Possible; both doable and workable.

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Feign

Back 13

V. To pretend or give a false appearance of.

Hint 13

Synonyms: fake, sham, simulate.

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Felicitous

Back 14

Adj. Agreeably suited to the purpose or occasion; aptly or gracefully expressed.

Hint 14

Antonyms: graceless, unseemly, unbecoming, unsuitable; awkward.

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Fetish

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N. - An object believed among primitive peoples to have magical powers.

- An object of unreasonably excessive attention or reference.

Hint 15

It is one thing to be concerned about discipline; it is quite another to make a fetish of it.