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Forage (FOR uj) v. |
To search or hunt for food and provisions. |
After the campers fell asleep in their tents, the raccoons began FORAGING through the camp site for anything to eat. |
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Forbear (for BEAR) v. |
To do without; to leave alone; to refrain from; to abstain. |
Jeannie said it was difficult to FORBEAR from smoking after doing it for thirty years. |
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Forsake (for SAKE) v. |
To abandon, to give up, to renounce. |
The parents urged their daughter to FORSAKE her career as a model and return to their home to become a school teacher. |
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Fortuitous (for TWO ih tus) adj. |
Good fortune occurring by accident to chance. |
It was FORTUITOUS missing the ill-fated flight because of the traffic jam on the way to the airport. |
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Fraught (frawt) n. |
Teeming with; laden; full; involving; accompanied by |
Kathy was FRAUGHT with guilt about losing her temper with the children when she found out it wasn't their fault. |
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Gamin (GAM in) n. |
A neglected boy left to run about in the streets. |
My dad always told me to stay in school and study hard or I'd become a GAMIN. |
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Gazebo (guh ZEE boh) n. |
An outdoor structure with a roof and open sides. |
On Sunday afternoons the family would gather together in the shade of our backyard GAZEBO. |
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Generalize (JEN ur ul ize) v. |
General rather than specific; to form a general conclusion. |
Our teacher asked us to be specific when answering the test questions and avoid GENERALIZING. |
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Giddy (GID ee) adj. |
A light-headed sensation; dizzy; lightheartedly silly. |
After Sue won the beauty contest, she was absolutely GIDDY with joy. |
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Gird (gird) v |
To encircle as with a belt; to prepare as for action. |
Dad's bath robe is GIRDED with a terry cloth belt. |
