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64 Cards in this Set
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expedite
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to speed up or ease the progress of
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explicit
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clearly and directly expressed
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implicit
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indirectly expressed or implied
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extol
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to praise highly; to laud
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extraneous
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unnecessary; irrelevant; extra
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extraneous
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extra, but always with the sense of being unnecessary
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extrapolate
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to project or deduce from something known; to infer; to project to facts outside
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interpolate
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trying to fill the gaps within data
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extricate
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to free from difficulty
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inextricable
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describing something that is permanently stuck
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extrovert
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an open, outgoing person; a person whose attention is focused on others rather than on himself or herself
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introvert
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a person whose attention is directed inward and who is concerned with little outside himself or herself
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exult
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to rejoice; to celebrate
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exultant
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exulting; rejoicing; celebrating
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fabrication
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a lie; something made up
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facetious
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humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous
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facile (FAS il)
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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)
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faction
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a group; usually a small part of a larger group, united around some cause; disagreement within an organization
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farcical
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absurd; ludicrous; like a farce
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farce
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a mockery or a ridiculous satire
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extrovert
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an open, outgoing person; a person whose attention is focused on others rather than on himself or herself
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introvert
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a person whose attention is directed inward and who is concerned with little outside himself or herself
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exult
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to rejoice; to celebrate
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exultant
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exulting; rejoicing; celebrating
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fabrication
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a lie; something made up
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fastidious
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meticulous; demanding; finicky
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fatalist
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someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them; someone who believes that fate determines everything
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fatuous
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foolish; silly; idiotic
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fauna
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animals that live in particular region or environment (think "fawns")
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flora
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plants that live in particular region or environment (think "flowers")
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fecund (FEE kund / FEK und)
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fertile; productive
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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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great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal
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fetter
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to restrain; to hamper
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unfettered
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unrestrained or free from hindrances
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fetter (noun)
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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
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fidelity
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faithfulness; loyalty; quality of accurately representing
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high-fidelity (as in a record player)
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very faithful in reproducing the original sound of whatever was recorded
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infidelity
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faithlessness; disloyalty; marital adultery; not be representative
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figurative
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based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually used for something else; metaphorical; not literal
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literal
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where every word means exactly what it says
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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 (do not confuse with flout)
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flout
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to disregard something out of disrespect (do not confuse with flaunt)
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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 (noun: forbearance)
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forebear (noun, sometimes also spelled forbear)
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ancestor
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forego/ forgo
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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 (not lucky or serendipitous)
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founder
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to fail; to collapse; to sink
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flounder
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to move clumsily or in confusion
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fraternal
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like brothers
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frenetic
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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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secretive; sly
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futile
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useless; hopeless
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futility
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something that is futile
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garrulous
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talkative; chatty
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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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gentility
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possessed by someone who is genteel
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