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facade
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front surface of building; superficial
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facet
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plain surface of a gem; a side
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facetious
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joking( inappropriately); humorous
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facile
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easily accomplished; ready and fluent
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faction
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party; clique; dissension
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factious
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inclined to form factions; causing dissention
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factotum
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handy-man
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fallible
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liable to err
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falter
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hesitate
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fanaticism
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excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
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fancied
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imagined; unreal
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fanciful
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whimsical; visionary
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fancier
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breeder or dealer of animals
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fanfare
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call by bugles and trumpets; showy display
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farce
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broad comedy; mockery
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fastidious
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difficult to please; squeamish
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fatalism
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belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control
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fatuous
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foolish; insane
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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; dismay
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febrile
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feverish
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fecundity
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fertility; fruitfullness
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feign
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fake; pretend
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feint
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trick; shift; sham blow
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felicitous
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apt; suitably expressed
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felicity
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happiness; appropriateness of a remark or choice etc.
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fell adj.
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cruel; deadly
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fell v.
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cut or knock down
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feral
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wild; not domestic
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ferment
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agitation; commotion
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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; hot
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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; produce irritation; resentment
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festive
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joyous; celebratory
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fete
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honor at a festival
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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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fiat
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command
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fickle
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changeable; faithless
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fidelity
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loyalty
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filch
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steal
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filial
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pertaining to a son or daughter
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filibuster
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block legislation by making long speeches
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filigree
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delicate; lace like metalwork
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finesse
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delicate skill
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finicky
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too particular; fussy
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firebrand
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hothead; troublemaker
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flaccid
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flabby
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flag
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droop; grow feeble
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flagrant
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conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous
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flail
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thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about
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flamboyant
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ornate
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flay
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strip off skin; plunder
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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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rob; plunder
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flick
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light stroke as with a whip
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