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facile
Ex. Words came easily to Jonathan: he was a facile speaker and prided himself on beaing ready to make a speech at a moment's notice. |
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| easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial |
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facilitate
Ex. Rest and proper nourishment should facilitate the patient's recovery. |
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| help bring about; make less difficult |
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fallacious
Ex. Paradoxically, fallacious reasoning does not always yield erraneous results: even though your logic may be faulty, the answer you get may nevertheless be correct. |
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fanaticism
Ex. When Islamic fundamentalists demanded the death of Salman Rushdie because his novel questioned their faith, world opinion condemned them for their fanaticism. |
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| excessive zeal; extremee devotion to a belief or cause |
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fastidious
Ex. Bobby was such a fastidious cater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust. |
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| difficult to please; squeamish |
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feasible
Ex. Was it feasible to build a new stadium for the Yankees on New York's West Side? Without additional funding the project was clearly unrealistic. |
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fervor
Ex. At the protest rally, the students cheered for the strikers and booed the dean with equal fervor. |
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| glowing ardor; intensity of feeling |
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fickle
Ex. As soon as Romeo saw Juliet, he forgot all about his old girlfriend Rosaline. Was Romeo fickle? |
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figurative
Ex. "To lose one's marbles" is a figurative expression; if you're told that Jack has lost his marbles, no one expects you to rush out to buy him a replacement set. |
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| not literal, but metaphorical; using a figure of speech |
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flagrant
Ex. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a flagrant violation of the state laws against nepotism (favroitism based on kinship). |
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| conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous |
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