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Word Smart 12
Felicity - Guile
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English
10th Grade
02/12/2008

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Felicity
Definition
Happiness, skillfulness, especially at expressing things, adeptness
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Fervor
Definition
Great warmth or earnestness, ardor, zeal
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Fetter
Definition
To restrain, to hamper
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Fidelity
Definition
Faithfulness, loyalty
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Figurative
Definition
Based on figures of speech, expressing something in terms usually used for something else, metaphorical
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Finesse
Definition
Skillful maneuvering, subtlety, craftiness
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Flagrant
Definition
Glaringly bad, notorious, scandalous
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Flaunt
Definition
To display ostentatiously
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Flout
Definition
To disregard something out of disrespect
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Foible
Definition
A minor character flaw
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Foment
Definition
To stir up, to instigate
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Forbear
Definition
To refrain from, to abstain
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Forego
Definition
To do without, to forbear
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Forsake
Definition
To abandon, to renounce, to relinquish
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Fortuitous
Definition
Accidental, occurring by chance
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Founder
Definition
To fail, to collapse, to sink
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Founder
Definition
To fail, to collapse, to sink
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Genteel
Definition
Refined, polite, aristocratic, affecting refinement
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Gesticulate
Definition
To make gestures, especially when speaking or in place of speaking
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Glut
Definition
Surplus, an overabundance
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Grandiloquent
Definition
Pompous, using a lot of big fancy words in an attempt to sound impressive
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Grandiose
Definition
Absurdly exaggerated
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Gratuitous
Definition
Given freely (said of something bad), unjustified, unprovoked, uncalled for
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Gravity
Definition
Seriousness
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Gregarious
Definition
Sociable, enjoying the company of others
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Guile
Definition
Cunning, duplicity, artufulness
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Fraternal
Definition
Like brothers
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Frenetic
Definition
Frantic, frenzied
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Frugal
Definition
Economical, penny pinching
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Furtive
Definition
Secretive, sly
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Futile
Definition
Useless, hopeless
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Garrulous
Definition
Talkative, chatty
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Gauche
Definition
Unskilful, awkward, maldriot
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Genre
Definition
Type or category, especially of art or writing
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Root - Ferv
Definition
To boil, to bubble, to burn - Fervor, fervid, effervescent
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Root - Fid
Definition
Faith, trust - fidelity, confide, confident, confidant, infidelity
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Root - Flag/flam
Definition
To burn - Flame, flamboyant, flammable
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Root - Fore
Definition
Before - Foresight, foreshadow, forestall
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Root - Fort
Definition
Chance - Fortune, fortunate
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Root - Grand
Definition
Big - Grand, grandeur, grandiose
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Root - Grav/griev
Definition
Heavy, serious - Grave, grief, aggrieve, gravity, grievous
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Root - Grat
Definition
Pleasing - Grateful, ingrate, gratuity, gratuitous
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Root - Greg
Definition
Herd - Congregation, segregation, gregarious
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