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12th Grade
11/21/2013

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Fabrication (FAB ruh kay shun) n
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A lie; something made up
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Facetious (fuh SEE shus) adj
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Humorous; not serious; joking
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Facile (FAS il) adj
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Fluent; skillful in a superficial way
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Faction (FAK shun) n
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A group, usually a small part of a larger group, united around some cause.
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Faricical (FARS i kul) adj
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Absurd; ludicrous
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Fastidious (fa STID ee us) adj
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Meticulous; demanding; finicky
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Fatalist (FAYT uh list) n
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Someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them.
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Fatuous (FACH oo us) adj
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Foolish; silly; idiotic
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Fauna (FAW nuh) n
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Animals
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Fecund (FEE kund) adj
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Fertile; productive
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Felicity (fuh LIS uh tee) n
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Happiness; skillfulness
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Fervor (FUR vur) n
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Great warmth or earnestness
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Fetter (FET ur) v
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To restrain; to hamper
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Fidelity (fuh DEL uh tee) n
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Faithfulness; loyalty
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Figurative (FIG yur uh tiv) adj
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Based on figures of speech
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Finesse (fi NES) n
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skillful maneuvering; craftiness
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Flagrant (FLAY grunt) adj
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Glaringly bad; notorious
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Flaunt (flawnt) v
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To show off; to display ostentatiously
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Flout (flowt) v
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To disregard something out of disrespect
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Foible (FOY bul) n
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A minor character flaw
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Foment (foh MENT) v
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To stir up; to instigate
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Forbear (for BAYR) v
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To refrain from
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Forego (for GOH) v
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To do without; to forbear
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Forsake (for SAYK) v
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To abandon
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Fortuitous (for TOO uh tus) adj
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Accidental
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Founder (FOWN dur) v
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To fail; to collapse
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Fraternal (fruh TUR nul) adj
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Like brothers
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Frenetic (fruh NET ik) adj
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Frantic; frenzied
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Frugal (FROO gul) adj
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Economical; penny-pinching
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Furtive (FUR tiv) adj
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Secretive; sly
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Futile (FYOOT ul) adj
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Useless; hopeless
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