Set 9 C
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- n foray
- raid; sudden raid or military advance; V.
- s palm
- conceal in the palm of the hand; palm off: pass off; Ex. palm off some bad oranges onto the lady/the painting as a real Renoir
- n flamboyant
- ornate; highly elaborate; richly colored; ostentatious; showy; CF. flame
- s groove
- long narrow channel made in a surface to guide the movement of something; Ex. groove of the record
- n flay
- strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly
- n flounder
- struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter (as in water, mud, snow, etc.); proceed in confusion
- n foliage
- masses of leaves; CF. defoliate
- n fleece
- wool coat of a sheep; V: shear the fleece from; rob by a trick; swindle; plunder
- n fluted
- having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar); V. flute: make long parallel inward curves in; N. flute: long rounded groove incised on the shaft of a column
- n flout
- reject; mock; show contempt for; scorn; Ex. flout the rules
- s curb
- chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain
- s pass_off
- present falsely; represent falsely to be
- s thrash
- beat with a whip or flail; defeat utterly; talk about thoroughly in order to find the answer; move wildly or violently; Ex. The fishes thrashed about in the net.
- n forbearance
- patience; forgiveness; V. forbear: refrain from (in a generous and forgiving way); be patient; Ex. forbear to send him to prison
- n ford
- place where a river can be crossed on foot; V.
- n flippant
- lacking proper seriousness; Ex. flippant remarks about death; N. flippancy
- s toss
- throw lightly; move or lift (the head) with a sudden motion; flip (a coin) to decide something
- s flicker
- burn unsteadily or fitfully; move waveringly; N: flickering movement or light; brief sensation; Ex. flicker of excitement
- n fledgling(fledgeling)
- inexperienced; N: young bird that has acquired wing feathers and is learning to fly; inexperienced person
- n fleck
- spot; mark with flecks; N: small mark or spot
- n flinch
- hesitate; shrink back (in fear of something unpleasant); Ex. She did not flinch in the face of danger.
- n flux
- flowing; series of changes; fluctuation; Ex. in a state of flux
- n fluke
- unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune; accidental stroke of good luck; ADJ. fluky
- s jetsam
- things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)
- n flick
- light stroke as with a whip; V: move with a light quick blow; strike with a light quick blow (as from a whip); Ex. flick the switch
- n flair
- talent
- s shear
- remove (fleece or hair) by cutting; remove the hair or fleece from; cut with or as if with shears; N: shears; pair of scissors
- s blush
- become red in the face (from embarrassment or shame); become red or rosy; N.
- n foolhardy
- rash; reckless; foolishly daring
- flourish
- grow well; prosper; make sweeping gestures; wave; brandish; Ex. The trees flourished in the sun. N: showy movement or gesture; embellishment or ornamentation (esp. in handwriting)
- n flit
- fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower
- n florid
- ruddy; (of a complexion) reddish; flowery; very ornate; CF. rose
- n flotsam
- drifting wreckage
- flora
- plants of a region or era
- n flaunt
- display ostentatiously; Ex. ``Honey, if you've got it, flaunt it !''
- s flip
- send (something) spinning, often into the air, by striking with a light quick blow; turn over; Ex. flip over
- s thresh
- beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw
- n foment
- stir up; incite; instigate; promote the growth of (something evil or unpleasant)
- s trickster
- person who cheats people
- n foil
- defeat; frustrate; prevent from being successful; thwart; CF. fail
- n fluster
- confuse; make nervous and confused; N.
- s tinge
- give a slight degree of a color or quality to; N: slight degree of a color or quality; Ex. tinged with grey/jealousy
- s flowery
- full of flowers; full of ornate expressions
- n forebears(forbears)
- ancestors
- s tint
- slight degree of color; V: give a tint to
- n fodder
- coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.; feed for livestock; CF. food
- n foil
- contrast; one that by contrast enhances the distinctive characteristics of another
- n floe
- flat mass of floating ice
- n foppish
- vain about dress and appearance; N. fop: man who takes too much interest in his clothes and appearance
- fluctuate
- waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves; change or vary irregularly
- s flutter
- (of a bird with large wings) wave (the wings) lightly, rapidly, and irregularly; vibrate rapidly or erratically; fly by waving quickly; flitter; N.
- s stammer
- speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions
- s flush
- redden; blush; flow suddenly and abundantly; wash out by a rapid brief flow of water; N: reddish tinge; blush; brief rush; rush of strong feeling; Ex. flush of pride; ADJ: having surfaces in the same plane; even; blushing
- n foible
- small weakness of character; slight fault; CF. feeble
- fluency
- smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent
- s florescence
- condition or period of flowering
- n foist
- insert improperly; impose upon another by coercion; palm off; pass off as genuine or worthy; CF. fist