Flippant - Gaffe
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| Flippant | lacking proper seriousness
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| Flit | to fly; to dart lightly; to pass swiftly by
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| Floe | mass of floating ice
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| Flora | plants of a region or era
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| Florid | ruddy; reddish; rosy; flowery <florid complexion>
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| Flotsam | drifting wreckage
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| Flounder | to struggle and thrash about; to proceed clumsily or falter
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| Flourish | to grow well; to prosper; to make sweeping gestures
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| Flout | to reject; to mock
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| Fluctuate | to waver; to shift
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| Fluency | smoothness of speech
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| Fluke | unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune
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| Fluster | to confuse
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| Fluted | having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar)
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| Flux | flowing; series of changes
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| Fodder | coarse food for cattle, horses, etc
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| Foible | weakness; slight fault
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| Foil | contrast
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| Foil | to defeat; to frustrate
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| Foist | to insert improperly; to palm off
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| Foliage | masses of leaves
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| Foment | to stir up; to instigate
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| Foolhardy | rash
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| Foppish | vain about dress and appearance
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| Foray | a raid; a quick and sudden attack
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| Forbearance | patience
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| Ford | place where a river can be crossed on foot
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| Forebears | ancestors
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| Foreboding | premonition of evil
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| Forensic | suitable to debate or courts of law
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| Foreshadow | to give an indication beforehand; portend; prefigure
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| Foresight | ability to foresee future happenings; prudence
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| Forestall | to prevent by taking action in advance
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| Forgo | to give up; to do without
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| Forlorn | desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance; sad and lonely; forsaken
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| Formality | meancing; threatening
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| Forsake | to desert; abandon; renounce
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| Forswear | to renounce; to abandon
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| Forte | strong point or special talent
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| Forthright | straightforward; direct; frank
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| Fortitude | bravery; courage
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| Fortuitous | accidental; by chance
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| Foster | to rear; to encourage
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| Founder | to fail completely; to sink
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| Founder | person who establishes (an org., business)
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| Fracas | a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; brawl, melee
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| Fractious | unruly
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| Frail | weak
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| Franchise | right granted by authority; right to vote; license to sell a product in a particular territory
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| Frantic | wild
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| Fraudulent | cheating; deceitful
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| Fraught | filled
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| Fray | brawl (noisy quarrel)
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| Frenetic | frenzied; frantic
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| Frenzied | madly excited
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| Fresco | painting on plaster (usually fresh)
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| Fret | to be annoyed or vexed
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| Friction | clash in opinion; rubbing against
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| Frieze | ornamental band on a wall
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| Frigid | intensely cold
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| Fritter | to waste
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| Frivolous | lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently care-free; relatively unimportant
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| Frolicsome | prankish; gay
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| Frond | fern leaf; palm or banana leaf
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| Fructify | to bear fruit
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| Frugality | thrift; economy
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| Fruition | bearing of bruit; fulfillment; realization
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| Frustrate | to thwart; to defeat
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| Fugitive | fleeting or transitory; roving (roaming or wandering)
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| Fulcrum | support on which a lever rests
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| Fulminate | to thunder; to explode
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| Fulsome | disgustingly excessive
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| Functionary | official
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| Fundamental | basic; primary; essential
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| Funereal | sad; solemn
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| Furor | frenzy; great excitement
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| Furtive | stealthy; sneaky <furtive glance>
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| Fusillade | simultaneous firing or outburst
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| Fusion | union; coalition
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| Futile | useless; hopeless; ineffectual
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| Gadfly | animal-biting fly; and irritating person
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| Gaffe | social blunder
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