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31 Cards in this Set
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Felicity
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happiness; skillfulness, especially at expressing things; adeptness
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Fervor
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a great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal
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Fetter
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to restrain; to hamper
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Fidelity
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faithfulness; loyalty
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figurative
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based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually used for something else; metaphorical
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Finesse
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skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness
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Flagrant
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glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous
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Flaunt
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to show off; to display ostentatiously
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Flout
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to disregard something out of disrespect
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Foible
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a minor character flaw.
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Foment
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to stir up; to instigate
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Forbear
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to refrain from; to abstain
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Forego
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to do without; to forbear
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Forsake
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to abandon; to renounce; to relinquish
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Fortuitous
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accidental; occurring by chance
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Founder
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to fail; to collapse; to sink
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Fraternal
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like brothers
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Frentic
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frantic; frenzied
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Frugal
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economical; penny-pinching
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Furtive
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useless; hopeless
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Garrulous
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talkative; chatty
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Gauche
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unskillful; awkward; maladroit.
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Genre
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a type or category, especially of art or writing
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Genteel
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refined; polite; aristocratic; affecting refinement
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Gesticulate
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to make gestures, especially when speaking or in place of speaking
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Glut
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surplus; an overabundance
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Grandiloquent
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pompous; using a lot of fancy words in an attempt to sound impressive
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Gratuitous
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give freely (said of something bad); unjustified; unprovoked; uncalled for.
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Gravity
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seriousness
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Gregarious
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sociable; enjoying the company of others
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Guile
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cunning; duplicity; artfulness
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