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| 1 | fluency | (noun) the quality of being facile in speech and writing (noun) skillfulness in speaking or writing (noun) powerful and effective language
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| 2 | flux | (noun) in constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry" (noun) (physics) the number of flux changes per unit area (noun) a flow or discharge (noun) the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle (noun) a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; "the flux following the death of the emperor" (noun) excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea) (noun) a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed (noun) the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface (verb) mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" (verb) become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied" (verb) move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
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| 3 | foist | (verb) insert surreptitiously or without warrant (verb) to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"
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| 4 | foray | (noun) an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists' forays into politics" (noun) a sudden short attack (verb) briefly enter enemy territory (verb) steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
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| 5 | forbearance | (noun) a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming" (noun) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
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| 6 | forensic | (adjective satellite) used of legal argumentation
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| 7 | formidable | (adjective satellite) inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high gray wall" (adjective satellite) extremely impressive in strength or excellence; "a formidable opponent"; "the challenge was formidable"; "had a formidable array of compositions to his credit"; "the formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister's disposal"
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| 8 | fortitude | (noun) strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
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| 9 | fortuitous | (adjective satellite) occurring by happy chance; "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials" (adjective satellite) having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"
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| 10 | foster | (noun) United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864) (verb) help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents" (verb) bring up under fosterage; of children (verb) promote the growth of; "Foster our children's well-being and education" (adjective satellite) providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father"
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| 11 | fractious | (adjective satellite) unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thigkly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system" (adjective satellite) easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" (adjective satellite) stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"
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| 12 | fraught | (adjective satellite) marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship"
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| 13 | frenetic | (adjective satellite) excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye"
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| 14 | fret | (noun) a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch (noun) an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizonal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls" (noun) a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion (noun) agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" (verb) wear away or erode (verb) remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" (verb) cause friction; "my sweater scratches" (verb) be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" (verb) decorate with an interlaced design (verb) carve a pattern into (verb) be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details" (verb) gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" (verb) cause annoyance in (verb) worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" (verb) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing (verb) provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar"
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| 15 | frivolity | (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon (noun) something of little value or significance (noun) the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible
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| 16 | froward | (adjective satellite) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
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| 17 | frugality | (noun) prudence in avoiding waste
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| 18 | fulminate | (noun) a salt or ester of fulminic acid (verb) cause to explode violently and with loud noise (verb) come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated" (verb) criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
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| 19 | fulsome | (adjective satellite) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"
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| 20 | fundamental | (noun) the lowest tone of a harmonic series (adjective satellite) serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure" (adjective satellite) being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles" (adjective satellite) far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravaga
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| 21 | furtive | (adjective satellite) secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior" (adjective satellite) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking in the shadows"
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| 22 | fustian | (noun) a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing
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| 23 | futile | (adjective satellite) unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt" (adjective satellite) producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
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| 24 | gaffe | (noun) a socially awkward or tactless act
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| 25 | gainsay | (verb) take exception to; "She challenged his claims"
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| 26 | galvanize | (verb) stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock (verb) cover with zinc; "galvanize steel" (verb) to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action"
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| 27 | gamut | (noun) a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions" (noun) the entire scale of musical notes
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| 28 | garbled | (adjective satellite) lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"
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| 29 | garish | (adjective satellite) tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
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| 30 | garner | (noun) a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed (verb) assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" (verb) store grain (verb) acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
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| 31 | garrulous | (adjective satellite) full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"
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| 32 | gauche | (adjective satellite) lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always may be feel gauche"
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| 33 | gauntlet | (noun) a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim (noun) a glove with long sleeve (noun) a glove of armored leather; protects the hand (noun) to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"
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| 34 | generic | (adjective satellite) applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic Asian mind?" (adjective satellite) (of drugs) not protected by trademark; "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'" (adjective) relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus; "the generic name"
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| 35 | genial | (adjective satellite) conducive to comfort; beneficial; "the genial sunshine"; "a kind climate"; "hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet" (adjective satellite) diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host" (adjective) of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
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| 36 | genre | (noun) a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique (noun) a kind of literary or artistic work (noun) an expressive style of music (noun) a style of expressing yourself in writing
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| 37 | gerrymander | (noun) an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage) (verb) divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts
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| 38 | gibber | (noun) unintelligible talking (verb) chatter inarticulately; of monkeys (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
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| 39 | glib | (adjective satellite) artfully persuasive in speech; "a glib tongue"; "a smooth-tongued hypocrite" (adjective satellite) having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial" (adjective satellite) marked by lack of intellectual depth; "glib generalizations"; "a glib response to a complex question"
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| 40 | gloat | (noun) malicious satisfaction (verb) dwell on with satisfaction (verb) gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy
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| 41 | glutton | (noun) wolverine of northern Eurasia (noun) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
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| 42 | gnarled | (adjective satellite) used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"
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| 43 | goad | (noun) a pointed instrument used to prod into motion (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" (verb) goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" (verb) prod or urge as if with a log stick (verb) urge with or as if with a goad (verb) give heart or courage to
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| 44 | gourmand | (noun) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
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| 45 | grandiose | (adjective satellite) impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval (adjective satellite) affectedly genteel
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| 46 | gravity | (noun) a manner that is serious and solemn (noun) a solemn and dignified feeling (noun) (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the p
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| 47 | gregarious | (adjective satellite) seeking and enjoying the company of others; "a gregarious person who avoids solitude" (adjective) tending to form a group with others of the same kind; "gregarious bird species"; "man is a gregarious animal"
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| 48 | guffaw | (noun) a burst of deep loud hearty laughter (verb) laugh boisterously
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| 49 | guile | (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) (noun) the quality of being crafty (noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
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