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Gruber Vocab- F
Most of the Fs
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04/03/2012
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factitious
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artifical
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factious
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casuing disagreement
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factotum
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an employee who can do all kinds of work
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fallacious
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misleading; deceptive
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fastidious
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hard to please
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fatuous
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foolish
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febrile
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feverish
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fecund
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fertile;productive
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felicity
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happiness
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felonious
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treacherous; base; villanious
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fervid
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very emotional
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fete
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to honor; to entertain
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fiat
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an offical order
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filch
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to steal
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firebrand
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one who stirs up a revoluton
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firmament
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sky;heavens
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flaccid
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flabby
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flagellate
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to whip
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flippant
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treating seriuos matters lightly
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florid
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flowery; ornate
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flout
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to mocj; to ridicule
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fluvial
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pretaining to a river
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foible
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a weakness; minor fault
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foist
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to pass off merchandise which is inferior
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folderol
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nonsense
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fop
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excessively vain man
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forbearance
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patience;restraint
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forestall
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to prevent action in advacne; to anticipate
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fracas
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loud quarrel
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fractious
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irritbale; quarrelsome; stubborn
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franchise
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special right or privelege
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frenetic
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frantic; wild
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freshet
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a freshwater stream
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frowzy
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dirty; unkempt
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fugacious
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pertaining to the passing of time
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fulminate
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to explode; to denounce
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fulsome
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disgusting; sickening; repulsive
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furtive
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stealthy; secretive
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