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52 Cards in this Set
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Fabricate
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to make or devise, construct
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Façade
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face, front, mask, superficial appearance
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Facile
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very easy
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Fallacious
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wrong, unsound, illogical
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Fallow
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uncultivated, unused
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Fanaticism
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extreme devotion to a cause
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Farcical
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absurd, ludicrous
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Fastidious
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fussy
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Fathom (v.)
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to measure the depth of, gauge
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Fatuous
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stupid, foolishly self-satisfied
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Fawn (v.)
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to seek the favor of
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Faze
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to bother, upset, or disconcert
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Feckless
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ineffective, careless, irresponsible
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Feign
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to pretend, give a false impression, to invent falsely
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Felicitous
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suitable, appropriate, well-spoken
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Fell
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to chop, cut down
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Fervid
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passionate, intense, zealous
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Fetid
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foul-smelling, putrid
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Fiasco
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disaster, utter failure
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Fidelity
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loyalty
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Finicky
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fussy, difficult to please
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Flaccid
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limp, flabby, weak
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Flagrant
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outrageous, shameless
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Flamboyant
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flashy, garish, exciting, dazzling
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Flaunt
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to showoff
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Flora
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plants
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Florid
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gaudy, extremely ornate, ruddy, flushed
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Flounder
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to falter, waver, to muddle, struggle
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Flout
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to treat contemptuously, scorn
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Fluctuate
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to alternate, waver
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Foible
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minor weakness or character flaw
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Foil
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to defeat, frustrate
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Foment
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to arouse or incite
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Ford
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to cross a body of water at a shallow place
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Foreboding
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dark sense of evil to come
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Forestall
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to prevent, delay, anticipate
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Forethought
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anticipation, foresight
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Forgo
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to go without, refrain from,
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Forlorn
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dreary, deserted, unhappy, hopeless, despairing
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Forswear
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to repudiate, renounce, disclaim, reject
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Forte
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strong point, something a person does well
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Fortuitous
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happening by luck, fortunate
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Foster
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to nourish, cultivate, promote
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Founder
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to fall helplessly, sink, fail
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Fracas
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noisy dispute
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Fractious
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unruly, rebellious
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Fraudulent
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deceitful, dishonest, unethical
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Fraught
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full of, accompanied by
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Frenetic
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wildly frantic, frenzied, hectic
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Fulsome
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sickeningly excessive, repulsive
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Funeral
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mournful, appropriate to a funeral
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Furtive
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secret, stealthy
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