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Mozarts25th GRE Wordlist 9
Mozarts25th GRE Wordlist 9
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09/14/2010
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Factotum
 Definition
person who does all kinds of work
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fallacious
 Definition
false, misleading
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fallow
 Definition
ploughed but not sowed
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fancier
 Definition
breeder of animals
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fanciful
 Definition
whimsical
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fastidious
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difficult to please
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fatuous
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stupid , inane
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felicitious
 Definition
apt, suitably expressed
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feint
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a movement made in order to deceive an adversary
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feral
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wild
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fell
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cruel, deadly
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fester
 Definition
irritate
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fiat
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command
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filch
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steal
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filibuster
 Definition
block legislation by making long speeches
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filigree
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delicate metal work
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filigree
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delicate metal work
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flit
 Definition
fly , pass by swiftly
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floe
 Definition
mass of floating ice
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flout
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reject , mock
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fluted
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have vertical parallel grooves
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foible
 Definition
slight fault, weakness
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foppish
 Definition
vain about dress and appearance
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forebearance
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patience
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foreshadow
 Definition
give an indication beforehand, portend
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forswear
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renounce
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fortuitous
 Definition
accidental , by chance
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founder
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fail , sink
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fractious
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unruly
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frond
 Definition
fern leaf, palm of a bannana leaf
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fugitive
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fleeting
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fulminate
 Definition
thunder, explode
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deluvian
 Definition
having to do with floods
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facile
 Definition
simplistic
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frieze
 Definition
any decorative band at the top or beneath the cornice of an interior wall, a piece of furniture,
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roving
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roaming
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misogamy
 Definition
hating marriages
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misive
 Definition
letter
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mite
 Definition
small object , speck
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mnemonic
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relating to memory
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mode
 Definition
prevailing style, maner of doing things
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modish
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fashionable
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monolithic
 Definition
unyielding
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mordant
 Definition
sarcastic , critical
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mores
 Definition
conventions , moral standards
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mugwump
 Definition
a person who is unable to make up his or her mind on an issue, esp. in politics; a person who is neutral on a controversial issue.
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morose
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sullen, melancholy
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motility
 Definition
ability to move
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mote
 Definition
small speck
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mountebank
 Definition
charlatan , pretender
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