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expedite
to speed up or ease the progress of
explicit
clearly and directly expressed
implicit
indirectly expressed or implied
extol
to praise highly; to laud
extraneous
unnecessary; irrelevant; extra
extraneous
extra, but always with the sense of being unnecessary
extrapolate
to project or deduce from something known; to infer; to project to facts outside
interpolate
trying to fill the gaps within data
extricate
to free from difficulty
inextricable
describing something that is permanently stuck
extrovert
an open, outgoing person; a person whose attention is focused on others rather than on himself or herself
introvert
a person whose attention is directed inward and who is concerned with little outside himself or herself
exult
to rejoice; to celebrate
exultant
exulting; rejoicing; celebrating
fabrication
a lie; something made up
facetious
humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous
facile (FAS il)
fluent; skillful almost always in a superficial way; easy (when referring to writing it could indicate skillfulness but also the opinion that it would be better if the author exerted himself or herself more)
faction
a group; usually a small part of a larger group, united around some cause; disagreement within an organization
farcical
absurd; ludicrous; like a farce
farce
a mockery or a ridiculous satire
extrovert
an open, outgoing person; a person whose attention is focused on others rather than on himself or herself
introvert
a person whose attention is directed inward and who is concerned with little outside himself or herself
exult
to rejoice; to celebrate
exultant
exulting; rejoicing; celebrating
fabrication
a lie; something made up
fastidious
meticulous; demanding; finicky
fatalist
someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them; someone who believes that fate determines everything
fatuous
foolish; silly; idiotic
fauna
animals that live in particular region or environment (think "fawns")
flora
plants that live in particular region or environment (think "flowers")
fecund (FEE kund / FEK und)
fertile; productive
felicity
happiness; skillfulness; especially at expressing things; adeptness
fervor
great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal
fetter
to restrain; to hamper
unfettered
unrestrained or free from hindrances
fetter (noun)
a chain (attached to the foot) that is used to restrain a criminal or, for that matter, an innocent person; or figuratively, anything that hampers or restrains someone
fidelity
faithfulness; loyalty; quality of accurately representing
high-fidelity (as in a record player)
very faithful in reproducing the original sound of whatever was recorded
infidelity
faithlessness; disloyalty; marital adultery; not be representative
figurative
based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually used for something else; metaphorical; not literal
literal
where every word means exactly what it says
finesse
skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness
flagrant
glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous
flaunt
to show off; to display ostentatiously (do not confuse with flout)
flout
to disregard something out of disrespect (do not confuse with flaunt)
foible
a minor character flaw
foment
to stir up; to instigate
forbear
to refrain from; to abstain (noun: forbearance)
forebear (noun, sometimes also spelled forbear)
ancestor
forego/ forgo
to do without; to forbear
forsake
to abandon; to renounce; to relinquish
fortuitous
accidental; occurring by chance (not lucky or serendipitous)
founder
to fail; to collapse; to sink
flounder
to move clumsily or in confusion
fraternal
like brothers
frenetic
frantic; frenzied
frugal
economical; penny-pinching
furtive
secretive; sly
futile
useless; hopeless
futility
something that is futile
garrulous
talkative; chatty
genre
a type or category, especially of art or writing
genteel
refined; polite; aristocratic; affecting refinement
gentility
possessed by someone who is genteel