Vocab 13/14 Flashcards


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Facilitate

to make easier or less difficult; help forward

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Fallow

Adj)- not in use; inactive

(N)- land that has undergone plowing

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Falter

to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way

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Feasible

capable of being done, effected, or accomplished

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Feisty

full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky

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Felicity

the state of being happy, especially in a high degree; bliss

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Feral

existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild

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Festoon

a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points

(V)- to adorn with or as with festoons

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Finite

having bounds or limits; not infinite; measurable

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Foible

a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect

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Forensic

a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect

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Formidable

to be feared or dreaded

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Fruition

fulfillment, attainment, realization, results achieved

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Furtive

stealth, slyness, shiftiness, sneakiness

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Gadfly

a “pest” or anyone who annoys people by continual carping, or persistently pesters others with schemes, demands for action, etc.

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Gauche

crude, uncouth, and awkward, lacking in social grace and insensitive

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Generic

general, common, in the sense of “applicable to a whole class”

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Genesis

an origin or source

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Gratuitous

given free of charge, uncalled for, unprovoked

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Gratuity

anything given voluntarily, i.e., not legally required