One Word Substitution-Starting With 'F'
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One Word
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F
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1.
Seeking victory by delay and harassment rather
than by a decisive battle or direct confrontation
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Fabian
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2.
A short story (often with animal characters)
with a moral
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Fable
(or Allegory or Apologue or Exemplum or Parable)
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3.
A person who tells or invents fables
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Fabler
or Fabulist
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4.
A showy misrepresentation intended to conceal
something unpleasant;
The front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one |
Facade
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5.
A protective covering for the front of a
machine or device (as a door lock or computer component)
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Faceplate
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6.
A distinct feature or element in a problem
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Facet
(or Aspect)
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7.
Something not meant to be taken seriously or
literally (like a remark);
Being cleverly amusing in tone |
Facetious
(or Bantering)
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8.
Performing adroitly and without effort
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Facile
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9.
An unverified (often invented) information
that is given credibility because it appeared in print;
A brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item |
Factoid
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10.
A businessman who buys or sells for another in
exchange for a commission
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Factorage
(or Broker)
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11.
A plant consisting of one or more buildings
with facilities for manufacturing
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Factory
(or Manufactory or Mill)
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12.
A servant employed to do a variety of jobs
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Factotum
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13.
The quality, condition, or state of being a
fact
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Facticity
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14.
A dissenting clique (often secret) that seeks
power usually through intrigue
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Faction
(or Cabal or Camarilla or Junto)
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15.
Not produced by natural forces
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16.
An exact copy or reproduction
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Facsimile
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17.
An interest followed with exaggerated zeal
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Fad
(or Furore)
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18.
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great
strain or stress
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Fag
(or Jade)
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19.
The last part or very end of something
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Fag-end
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20.
The trait of being idle out of a
reluctance to work
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Faineance
or Faineancy
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21.
An irreversible accomplishment
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Fait
accompli
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22.
A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is
regarded as a holy man
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Fakeer
or Faquir
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23.
A misconception resulting from incorrect
reasoning
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Fallacy
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24.
The likelihood of making errors
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25.
A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure)
resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
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Famine
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26.
A state of extreme hunger resulting from lack
of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
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Famishment
(or Starvation)
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27.
A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm and
intense devotion to a cause or idea
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Fanatic
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28.
Fiction with a large amount of imagination in
it;
A musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes |
Fantasy
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29.
A comedy characterized by broad satire and
improbable situations
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Farce
(or Travesty)
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30.
A person who writes farces, or who performs in
them
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Farceur
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31.
A woman working on a farm
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Farmerette
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32.
A haphazard assortment of things of various
kind
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Farrago
(or Gallimaufry or Mélange or Hotchpotch or Mishmash or Oddments or
Omnium-gatherum or Ragbag)
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33.
Capable of being sounded or measured for depth;
Capable of being penetrated or comprehended |
Fathomable
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34.
A governmental system led by a dictator having
complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting
all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and
often racism
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Fascism
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35.
Relating to a political theory advocating an
authoritarian hierarchical government
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Fascist
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36.
A person who is not easily pleased by anything
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Fastidious
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37.
Anyone who submits to the belief that they are
powerless to change their destiny
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Fatalist
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38.
A disease that ends in death
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Fatal
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39.
Showing a lack of intelligence or thought
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Fatuous
(or Asinine or Inane or Vacuous)
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40.
All the animal life in a particular region or
period
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Fauna
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41.
An embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion
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Faux
Pas
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42.
The state of being fertile
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Fecundity
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43.
To pretend with the intention to deceive
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Feign
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44.
One who is genuinely interested in the welfare
and emancipation of women
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Feminist
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45.
A boat that transports people or vehicles
across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
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Ferryboat
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46.
Capable of producing in abundance
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Fertile
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47.
Feelings of great warmth and intensity
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Fervidness
(or Fervency)
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48.
An embellishment consisting of a decorative
representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points
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Festoon
or Festoonery
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49.
A shackle for the ankles or feet
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Fetter
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50.
A legally binding command or decision entered
on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
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Fiat
(or Decree or Edict or Rescript)
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51.
Something that is liable to sudden
unpredictable change
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Fickle
(or Erratic or Quicksilver)
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52.
A feeling of nervousness and hence unable to
relax
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Fidgety
(or Fretful or Twitchy)
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53.
A cruel wicked and inhuman person;
A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) |
Fiend
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54.
The act of giving hope or support to someone
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Fillip
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55.
Subtly skilful handling of a situation;
Having a flawless or impeccable quality |
Finesse
(or Delicacy)
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56.
The members of a business organization
that owns or operates one or more establishments
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Firm
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57.
Something that is conspicuously and
outrageously bad or reprehensible
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Flagrant
(or Gross or Egregious or Rank or Glaring)
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58.
A tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
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Flagstaff
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59.
Marked by ostentation but often tasteless
(like an excessively ornamented piece of jewellery or handwriting etc)
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Flamboyant
(or Aureate or Splashy or Florid)
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60.
A group of ships travelling together or
operating under the same ownership
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Fleet
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61.
The property of weakness by virtue of careless
construction
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Flimsiness
(or Shoddiness)
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62.
Anything characterized by levity
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Flippant
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63.
To move
along rapidly and lightly
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Flit
(or Fleet or Skim or Dart)
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64.
All the plant life in a particular region
or period
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Flora
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65.
To jeer or mock or treat someone or something
with contempt or call out in derision
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Flout
(or Gibe)
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66.
Speaking readily, clearly, and effectively
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Fluent
(or Facile or Eloquent or Silver-tongued)
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67.
A behavioral attribute that is distinctive and
peculiar to an individual
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Foible
(or Idiosyncrasy)
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68.
A person or thing that makes another seem
better by contrast;
To keep (a person) from succeeding in an enterprise, plan, etc.; A piece of thin and flexible sheet metal |
Foil
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69.
The trait of acting stupidly or rashly
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Folly
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70.
The main organ of photosynthesis and
transpiration in higher plants;
A cluster of plant leaves |
Foliage
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Marked by defiant disregard for danger or
consequences
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Foolhardy
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72.
To be patient or self-controlled when subject
to annoyance or provocation
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Forbear
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73.
A person from whom you have descended
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Forebear
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74.
The presiding member of the jury and the one
who speaks on their behalf
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Foreperson
or Foreman
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75.
The act of preventing something by
anticipating and disposing of it effectively
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Forestalling
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76.
Criminal falsification by making or altering
an instrument with intent to defraud
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Forgery
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77.
Sadness resulting from being forsaken or
abandoned
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Forlornness
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78.
The act of leaving someone (or something) who
(or that) needs or counts on you
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Forsake
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79.
Strength of mind that enables one to endure
adversity with courage
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Fortitude
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The quality of happening accidentally and by
lucky chance
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Fortuitousness
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81.
A public meeting or assembly, or a facility
for open discussion
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Forum
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82.
A child who has been abandoned and whose
parents are unknown
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Foundling
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83.
The trait of being prone to disobedience and
lack of discipline
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Fractiousness
(or Unruliness)
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Easily broken, damaged or destroyed
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Frail
or Fragile
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85.
The state of being weak in health or body
(especially from old age)
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Frailness
(or Debility or Infirmity or Feebleness)
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86.
Murder of one’s brother
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Fratricide
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87.
State of violent mental agitation
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Frenzy
(or Delirium or Hysteria)
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88.
A warship smaller than a destroyer, typically
equipped with some form of missile or used for anti-submarine activities
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Frigate
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89.
A social group holding marginal or
extreme views;
A part of the city far removed from the centre |
Fringe
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90.
Something of little value or significance
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Frippery
(or Frivolity or Bagatelle)
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91.
The trait of not being serious or sensible
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Frivolous
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92.
The face or front of a building
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Frontage
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93.
Prudence in avoiding waste
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Frugality
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Fruit eating animals
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Frugivorous
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Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering,
or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
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Fudge
(or Finesse or Circumvent or Parry or Hedge or Evade or Elude or Skirt)
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To polish and make shiny
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Furbish
(or Burnish or Buff)
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97.
Someone whose occupation is making or
repairing fur garments
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Furrier
(or Cloakmaker)
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98.
Encouragement of the progress, growth or
acceptance of something
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Furtherance
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99.
Old-fashioned and out of date
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Fusty
(or Standpat)
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