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3.15.GRE.f1
3.15.GRE.f1
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03/15/2009

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fabricate
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build; lie
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facade
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front (of bldg.); superficial or false
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facet
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small plane surface (of a gem)
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facetious
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joking; humorous
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facile
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easily accomplished; superficial
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*facilitate (v.)
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help bring about; make less difficult
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facsimile [fak-sim-uh-lee]
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copy
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factious
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inclined to form factions
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factitious
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artificial; sham (fraud or hoax)
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factotum
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handyman
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fallicious
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false; misleading
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fallacy
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misleading; unsound argument
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fallible
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liable to error; false
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fallow [fal-oh]
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plowed but left unseeded; uncultivated
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falter
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hesitate
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fanaticism
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devotion to a belief or cause
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fancied
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imagined; unreal
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fancier
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breeder or dealer of animals
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fancy
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imagination or fantasy
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fanfare
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call by bugles or trumpets; show display
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farce
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broad comedy; mockery
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fastidious
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difficult to please; critical, demanding
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fatalism
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a belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control
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fathom
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comprehend; investigate
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fatuous
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brainless; foolish; inane
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fauna
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animals of a period or region
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*fawning
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trying to please sb by praising them or giving excessive attention
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faze
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dismay; to confuse so you don't know what to do
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feasible
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practical; capable of being done
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febrile
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feverish
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