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123 Cards in this Set
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expatriate
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exile
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expedient
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suitable
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expedite
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hasten
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expenditure
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payment or expense
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expertise
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specialized knowledge
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expiate
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make amends for (a sin)
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expletive
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interjection
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explicate
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explain
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explicit
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totally clear
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exploit
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deed or action
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exploit
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make use of
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expository
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explanatory
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exposure
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risk
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expropriate
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take possession of
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expunge
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cancel
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expurgate
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clean
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extant
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still in existence
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extent
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degree
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extenuate
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weaken
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extol
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praise
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extort
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wring from
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extradition
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surrender of prisoner by one state to another
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extraneous
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not essential; superfluous
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extrapolation
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projection
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extricate
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free
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extrinsic
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external
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extrovert
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person interested mostly in external objects and actions
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extrude
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force or push out
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exuberance
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overflowing abundance
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exude
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discharge
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exult
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rejoice
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fabricate
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build
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facade
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front (of building); superficial or false appearnce
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facet
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small plane surface (of a gem)
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facetious
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joking (often inappropriately)
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facile
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easily accomplished
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facilitate
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help bring about
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facsimile
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copy
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faction
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party
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faculty
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mental or bodily powers
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fallacious
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false
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fallible
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liable to err
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fallow
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plowed but now sowed
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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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fancy
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notion
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fanfare
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call by bugles
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farce
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broad comedy
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fastidious
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difficult to please
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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
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fatuous
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foolish
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fauna
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animals of a period or region
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fawning
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courting favor by cringing and flattering
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faze
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disconcert
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feasible
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practical
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fecundity
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fertility
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feign
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pretend
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feint
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trick
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felicitous
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felicity
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happiness
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fell
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cruel
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fell
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cut or knock down
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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
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ferment
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agitation
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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
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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
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festive
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joyous
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fetid
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malodorous
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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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fickle
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changeable
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fictitious
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imaginary
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fideity
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loyalty
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figment
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invention
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figurative
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not literal
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filament
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fine thread or fiber
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filch
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steal
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filial
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pertaining to a son or a daughter
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filibuster
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to block legislation by making long speeches
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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
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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
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flabbergasted
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astounded
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flaccid
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flabby
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flag
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droop
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flagrant
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conspicuously wicked; blatant
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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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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 of a sheep
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flick
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light stroke as with a whip
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flinch
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hesitate
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flippant
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lacking proper seriousness
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flit
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fly; dart lightly
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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
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flounder
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struggle and thrash about
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flourish
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grow well
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flout
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reject
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fluctuate
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waver
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fluency
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smoothness of speech
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fluke
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unlikely occurence
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fluster
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confuse
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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 cattles, horses
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foible
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weakness
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foil
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contrast
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foil
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defeat; frustrate
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foment
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stir up
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foolhardy
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rash
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fop
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dandy; man excessively concerned with his clothes
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forbearance
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patience
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forebears
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ancestors
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