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35 Cards in this Set
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Flit
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v. fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by. Like a bee flitting from flower to flower, Rose flitted from one boyfriend to the next.
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Floe
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n. mass of floating ice. The titanic crashed into the floe.
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Flora
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n. plants of a region or era. Because she was a botanist, she spend most of her time studying the flora of the desert.
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Florid
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adj. ruddy; reddish; flowery. If you go to florida and get a sunburn, your complexion will look florid.
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Flotsam
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n. drifiting wreckage
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Flout
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v. reject; mock; show contempt for. The critic flouted the new young artist.
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Fodder
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n. coarse food for cattle, horses
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Foible
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n. weakness; slight fault. We can overlook the foibles of our friends; no one can be perfect.
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Foment
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v. stir up; instigate. The nasty rumors fomented trouble in the club.
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Fop
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n. dandy; man excessively preoccupied with his clothes. People who dismissed Leonard as a fop, felt chagrined when he became a famous designer.
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Foray
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n. raid. The compnay staged a midnight foray against the enemy outpost.
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Forebearance
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n. patience
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Ford
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n. place where a river can be crossed on foot
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Forensic
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adj. suitable to debate or courts of law. In her best forensic manner, the lawyer addressed the jury.
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Forlorn
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adj. sad and lonely; wretched. I feel forlorn without you.
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Forswear
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v. renounce; abanon. The captured knight could escape death only if he agreed to forswear Christianity.
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Fortuitous
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adj. accidental; by chance. Though he pretended their encounter was fortuitous, he had in fact intended on seeing her there.
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Fracas
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n. brawl. The military polic stopped the fracas in the bar.
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Fractious
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adj. unruly; disobedient; irritable. Bucking and kicking, the fractious horse useated his rider.
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Fray
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n. brawl. The three musketeers wer ein the thick of the fray.
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Frenetic
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adj. frenzied; frantic.
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Franchise
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n. right granted by authoirty; right to vote; license to sell a product in a particular territory. The city issued a franchise to the company to operate surface transit lines on the streets for 99 years.
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Frieze
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n. ornamental band on a wall
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Frond
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n. fern lea; palm or banana leaf
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Froward
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adj. stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient. Miss Watson declared that Huck was froward child, bound to fail lest he mend his ways.
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Fructify
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v. bear fruit. The peach tree should fructify in three years.
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Fulcrum
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n. support on which a lever rests. If we use this sotne as a fulcrum, we may be able to move this boulder.
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Fulminate
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v. denounce thunderously; explode. Known for his "fire and brimstone" sermons, the preacher fulminated against sinners and backslidders.
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Fulsome
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adj. disgustingly excessive. Disgusted by her fans fulsome admiration, the actrice quickly left.
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Functionary
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n. official
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Funereal
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adj. sad; solemn. I fai lto understand why there is such a funereal atmosphere.
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Furtive
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adj. stealthy; sneaky. Noticing the furtive glances, he came to sit by me and we talked for hours on end unable to move.
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Fusillade
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n. simultaneous firing or outburst. The overture concluded with a thunderous fusillade.
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Gadfly
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n. animal-biting fly; an irritating person. Like a gadfly, he irritated all the guests of the hotel.
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Gaffe
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n. social blunder. According to Miss Manners, to call your husband by your lover's name is worse than a mere gaffe.
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