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70 Cards in this Set
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Fallacious
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false, misleading
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Fallacy
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mistaken idea based on flawed reasoning
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Fallible
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liable to err
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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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Fanaticism
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excessive zeal
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Fancied
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imagined, unreal
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Fancier
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breeder or dealer of animals
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Fancy
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notion, whim, inclination
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Fanfare
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call by bugles or trumpets; showy display
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Farce
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broad comedy; mockery
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Fastidious
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difficult to please, squeamish
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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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Fauna
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animals of a period or region
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Fawning
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trying to please but behaving obsequiosly, flattering or cringing
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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; careless and irresponsible
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Fecundity
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fertility; fruitfulness
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Feign
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pretend
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Feint
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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 remark, choice etc.)
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Felon
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person convicted of a grave crime
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Feral
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not domestic, wild
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Ferment
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agitation, commotion
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Ferret
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drive or hunt out of hiding
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Fervent
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ardent, hot
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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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Fester
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rankle; produce irritation or resentment
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Festive
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joyous, celebratory
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Fete
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honor at a festival
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Fetid
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malodorous, foul-smelling
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Fetter
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shackle
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Fiasco
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total failure
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Feat
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command, authorization
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Fickle
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changeable, faithless
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Fictitious
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imaginary
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Figment
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invention; imaginary thing
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Figurative
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not literal; metaphorical, using a figure of speech
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Figurine
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small ornamental statuette
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Filch
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steal
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Filial
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pertaining to son or daughter
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Filibuster
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block legislation by making long speeches
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Filigree
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delicate, lacelike metalwork
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Filing
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particle removed by a file (abrasive instrument)
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Finale
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conclusion
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Finesse
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delicate skill
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Finicky
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too particular, fussy
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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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Flag
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droop, grow feeble
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Flagrant
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conspicuously wicked, blatant, outrageous
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Flail
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thresh grain by hand; strike, 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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Flaunt
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display ostentatiously
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Flay
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strip off skin; plunder; whip; attach with harsh criticism
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Fleck
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spot
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Fledgling
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inexperienced
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Fleece
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wool coat or a sheep; rob, plunder
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Flick
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light strike, as with a whip
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Flinch
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shrink, hesitate
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