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GRE Word List Letter F
GRE Word List Letter F
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12/20/2009
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facade
 Definition
front; superficial or false appearance
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facet
 Definition
small plane surface; a side
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facile
 Definition
easily accomplished
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facsimile
 Definition
copy
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factious
 Definition
inclined to form factions; causing dissension
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factitious
 Definition
artificial; sham
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factotum
 Definition
handyman
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fallow
 Definition
uncultivated
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falter
 Definition
to hesistate
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fancied
 Definition
imagined; unreal
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fancier
 Definition
breeder or dealer of animals
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fancy
 Definition
notion; whim; inclination
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fanfare
 Definition
showy display
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farce
 Definition
mockery
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fastidious
 Definition
difficult to please
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fatalism
 Definition
belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control
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fathom
 Definition
to comprehend
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fauna
 Definition
animals of a period of region
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faze
 Definition
to disconcert; to dismay
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febrile
 Definition
feverish
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feckless
 Definition
feeble and ineffective
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fecundity
 Definition
fertility; fruitfulness
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feint
 Definition
trick
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felicity
 Definition
happiness
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fell
 Definition
cruel; deadly; to bring down
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feral
 Definition
wild
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ferment
 Definition
agitation; commotion
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ferret
 Definition
to drive out of hiding
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fervent
 Definition
ardent
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fervid
 Definition
ardent
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fester
 Definition
to produce irritation
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fete
 Definition
to honor at a festival
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fetid
 Definition
foul-smelling
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fetter
 Definition
to shackle
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fiasco
 Definition
total failure
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fiat
 Definition
command
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fickle
 Definition
changeable; faithless
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fictitious
 Definition
imaginary
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fidelity
 Definition
loyalty
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figment
 Definition
invention; imaginary thing
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figurative
 Definition
not literal
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figurine
 Definition
small ornamental statuette
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filch
 Definition
to steal
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filibuster
 Definition
to block legislation by making long speeches
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filigree
 Definition
delicate, lacelike metalwork
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filing
 Definition
particle removed by a file
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finesse
 Definition
delicate skill
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finicky
 Definition
too particular; fussy
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fireband
 Definition
hothead; troublemaker
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fissure
 Definition
crevice
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fitful
 Definition
spasmodic; intermittent
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flaccid
 Definition
flabby
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flail
 Definition
thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about
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flair
 Definition
talent
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flamboyant
 Definition
ornate
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flaunt
 Definition
to display ostentatiously
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flay
 Definition
to strip off skin; to plunder; to whip; to attack with harsh criticism
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fleck
 Definition
to spot
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fleece
 Definition
wool coat of a sheep; to rob
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flick
 Definition
light stroke as with a whip
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flinch
 Definition
to hesitate; to shrink
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flippant
 Definition
lacking proper seriousness
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flit
 Definition
to fly
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floe
 Definition
mass of floating ice
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flora
 Definition
plants of a region or era
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florid
 Definition
ruddy; reddish; flowery
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flotsam
 Definition
drifting wreckage
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flounder
 Definition
to struggle and thrash about; to proceed clumsily or falter
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fluster
 Definition
to confuse
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fluted
 Definition
having vertical parallel grooves
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flux
 Definition
flowing; series of changes
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fodder
 Definition
coarse food for cattle, horses, etc
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foible
 Definition
weakness; slight fault
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foil
 Definition
contrast; to defeat; to frustrate
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foist
 Definition
to insert improperly
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foliage
 Definition
masses of leaves
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foolhardy
 Definition
rash
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fop
 Definition
dandy; man excessively preoccupied with his clothes
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foray
 Definition
raid
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forbearance
 Definition
patience
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ford
 Definition
place where a river can be crossed on foot
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forebears
 Definition
ancestors
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foreboding
 Definition
premonition of evil
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forensic
 Definition
suitable to debate or courts of law
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forgo
 Definition
to give up
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forlorn
 Definition
sad and lonely
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forswear
 Definition
to renounce; to abandon
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forte
 Definition
strong point of special talent
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forthright
 Definition
direct
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fortitude
 Definition
bravery
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fortuitous
 Definition
accidental
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foster
 Definition
to rear; to encourage
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founder
 Definition
to fail completely
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fracas
 Definition
brawl; melee
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fractious
 Definition
unruly; disobedient; irritable
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frail
 Definition
weak
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franchise
 Definition
right granted by authority; right to vote; license to sell a product in a particular territory
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frantic
 Definition
wild
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fraudulent
 Definition
cheating; deceitful
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fraught
 Definition
filled or charged with; causing emotional distress
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fray
 Definition
brawl
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frenetic
 Definition
frenzied; frantic
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frenzied
 Definition
madly excited
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fresco
 Definition
painting on plaster
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fret
 Definition
to be annoyed or vexed
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frieze
 Definition
ornamental band on a wall
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frigid
 Definition
intensely cold
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fritter
 Definition
to waste
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frivolous
 Definition
lacking in seriousness
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frolicsome
 Definition
prankish; gay
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frond
 Definition
fern leaf; palm or banana leaf
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froward
 Definition
stubbornly contrary
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fructify
 Definition
to bear fruit
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fulcrum
 Definition
support on which a lever rests
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fulminate
 Definition
to denounce thunderously
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fulsome
 Definition
disgustingly excessive
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functionary
 Definition
official
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funereal
 Definition
sad
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furor
 Definition
frenzy; great excitement
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furtive
 Definition
stealthy
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fusillade
 Definition
simultaneous firing or outburst
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