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81 Cards in this Set
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Flippant
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lacking proper seriousness
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Flit
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fly; dart lightly, pass swiftly by
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Floe
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mass of floating ice
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Flora
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plants of a region or era
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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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Flounder
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struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily, falter
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Flourish
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grow well, prosper; make sweeping gestures
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Flout
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reject, mock, show contempt for
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Fluctuate
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waver, shift
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Fluency
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smoothness of speech
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Fluke
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unlikely occurence; stroke of fortune
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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 a 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 cattle, horses etc.
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Foible
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weakness, slight fault
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Foil
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contrast; defeat, frustrate
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Foist
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insert improperly; palm off
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Foliage
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masses of leaves
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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
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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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Foreboding
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premonition of evil
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Forebears
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ancestors
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Forensic
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suitable to debate or courts of law
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Foreshadow
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give an indication beforehands; portend; prefigure
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Foresight
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ability to foresee future happenings; prudence
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Foresatall
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prevent by taking action in advance
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Forgo
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give up, do without
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Forlorn
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sad and lonely; wretched
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Formality
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ceremonious quality; something done for form's sake
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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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Forswear
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renounce, abandon
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Forte
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strong point or special talent
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Forthright
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straightforward, direct, frank
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Fortitude
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bravery, courage
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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; person who establishes (organization, business)
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Fracas
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brawl, melee
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Fractious
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unruly, disobedient, irritable
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Frail
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weak
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Franchise
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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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Fraudulent
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cheating, deceitful
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Fraught
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filled, charged with; causing emotional distress
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Fray
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brawl
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Frenetic
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madly excited
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Fresco
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painting on plaster (usually fresh plaster)
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Fret
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be annoyed or vexed
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Friction
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clash in opinion; rubbing against
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Frieze
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ornamental band on a wall
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Frigid
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intensely cold
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Fritter
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waste
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Frivolous
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lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant
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Frolicsome
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prankish; gay
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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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Frugality
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thrift; economy
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Fruition
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bearing of fruit
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Frustrate
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thwart, defeat
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Fugitive
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fleeting or transitory; roving
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Fulcrum
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support on which a lever rests
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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
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official
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Fundamental
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basic, primary, essential
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Funereal
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sad, solemn
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Furor
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frenzy, great excitement
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Furtive
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stealthy, sneaky
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Fusillade
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simultaneous firing or outburst (of missiles, questions, etc.)
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Fusion
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union, blending; synthesis
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Futile
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useless, hopeless; ineffectual
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Gadfly
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animal-biting fly, irritating person
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Gaffe
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social blunder
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