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| gaffe |
n. awkward mistake made in public, slip
eg. He made some real gaffes early in his career. |
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| gadfly |
n. animal-biting fly, irritating person
eg. political gadfly |
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| futile |
adj. useless, hopeless, vain
eg. It would be futile to protest |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 07 May 2010 14:50:46 GMT |
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| fusillade |
n. a rapid series of shots/object
eg. fusillade of
(bullets/stones/questions) |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:35:40 GMT |
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| furtive |
adj. secretive, stealthy
eg. she is a furtive person |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:35:34 GMT |
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| furor |
n. frenzy or rage, great excitement
eg. His novel about Jesus caused a furor among Christians. |
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| funereal |
adj. sad, solemn
eg. funereal atmosphere |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:35:11 GMT |
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| fresco |
n. painting on wall (wet)
eg. The church is famous for its frescoes |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:35:05 GMT |
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| frenzied |
adj. frantic, madly excited, frenetic, (fervid/fervent), (wild)
eg. frenzied activity/animal |
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| frenetic |
adj. very excited, frantic, fervid, fervent
eg. to live at a frenetic pace |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:34:54 GMT |
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| fray |
n. competition, fight
eg. he has now retired from the political fray. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:34:47 GMT |
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| fraught |
adj. unpleasant, tense
eg. The atmosphere remained fraught |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:34:42 GMT |
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| fraudulent |
adj. deceitful, dishonest
eg. fraudulent (advertising/insurance claims) |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:34:35 GMT |
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| frantic |
adj. wild, unable to control emotion, excessive agitated
eg. frantic cries for help |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 07 May 2010 15:00:07 GMT |
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| franchise |
n. rights to vote
eg. to operate a business under franchise |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:33:27 GMT |
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| frail |
adj. weak
eg. a frail child |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:32:45 GMT |
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| fractious |
adj. easily angered and disobedient, recalcitrant, refractory
eg. the fractious horse unseated its rider |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 07 May 2010 15:11:59 GMT |
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| fracas |
n. noisy quarrel, altercation
eg. a fracas between the supporters of the two teams |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 07 May 2010 15:22:33 GMT |
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| foster |
v. encourage, promote, rear
eg. We couldn’t adopt a child, so we decided to foster |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:30:47 GMT |
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| fortuitous |
adj. accidental or lucky, fluke
eg. a fortuitous meeting |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:30:39 GMT |
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| fortitude |
adj. courage, endurance
eg. She endured her illness with great fortitude |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:30:19 GMT |
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| forthright |
adj. frank, straightforward
eg. He spoke in a forthright manner but without anger. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:30:10 GMT |
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| forte |
n. strong point, speciality (so truong`)
eg. Music was never my forte. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 07 May 2010 15:24:17 GMT |
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| functionary |
n. official (personnel)
eg. government functionaries |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:29:37 GMT |
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| fulsome |
adj. disgustingly excessive, exaggerated, unctuous
eg. He was fulsome in his praise of the Prime Minister. |
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| fulminate |
v. criticize angrily, denounce thunderously, chide, chastise
eg. He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:28:18 GMT |
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| fulcrum |
n. climax, essential part, (crux, pith)
eg. the fulcrum of the whole debate |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:27:27 GMT |
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| fugitive |
adj. happening for short time, fleeting, fitful, transient
eg. a fugitive idea / thought |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 07 May 2010 15:09:20 GMT |
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| fructify |
v. get successful result, bearing fruit
eg. His extravagant ideas were never brought to fruition. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:26:49 GMT |
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| froward |
adj. stubborn, obstinately disobedient, headstrong, recalcitrant, willful
eg. froward disobedience |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 07 May 2010 15:07:41 GMT |
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| frond |
n. fern or palm leaves (la' luoc.) |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:02:34 GMT |
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| frolicsome |
adj. playful, antic
eg. the frolicsome puppy tried to lick the face of its master |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:45:58 GMT |
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| frivolous |
adj. flippant, amusing but inappropriate, facetious
eg. frivolous comments / suggestions |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:24:43 GMT |
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| fritter |
v. waste, squander, dissipate
eg He frittered away the millions his father had left him. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 07 May 2010 15:06:33 GMT |
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| frigid |
adj. intensely cold
eg. Alaska is a frigid zone |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:24:22 GMT |
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| frieze |
n. decoration or carvings on wall, fresco
eg. The frieze of the church was adorned with sculpture |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:24:12 GMT |
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| friction |
n. rubbing against, tension
eg. Friction caused the engine to overheat. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:23:57 GMT |
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| fret |
v. be worried, annoyed
eg. to fret over ur poor grades is foolish |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:23:50 GMT |
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| forswear |
v. renounce, abandon, forsake
eg. The country has not forsworn the use of chemical weapons. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:23:45 GMT |
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| forsake |
v. abandon, renounce, forgo
eg. He would never forsake his wife |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:23:33 GMT |
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| forlorn |
adj. sad and lonely
eg. She looked so forlorn, standing there in the rain. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:23:18 GMT |
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| forgo |
v. - give up, adjure, abdicate, forfeit
- precede
eg. forgo their lunch to attend the meeting |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 07 May 2010 15:01:41 GMT |
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| forestall |
v. act in advance to prevent sth, anticipate (prepare in advance), preempt
eg. Try to anticipate what your child will do and forestall problems. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:22:57 GMT |
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| foresight |
n. ability to foresee, prescience
eg. She had had the foresight to prepare herself financially in case of an accident. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:21:46 GMT |
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| foreshadow |
v. indicate, prophesy, portend, omen,...
eg. His sudden death had been foreshadowed by earlier health scares |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:22:18 GMT |
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| forensic |
adj. suitable to use in court
eg. forensic evidence/manner |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:21:00 GMT |
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| forebode |
v. predict, warn, (presage, prognosticate)
eg She had a sense of foreboding that the news would be bad |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:20:52 GMT |
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| forebears |
n. ancestor, progenitor |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 07 May 2010 14:55:23 GMT |
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| ford |
n. shallow river |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:20:43 GMT |
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| forbearance |
n. patience, natural inclination to delay
eg. his forbearance to reply was alarming |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:17:35 GMT |
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| foray |
n. sudden attack/attempt
eg. the company’s first foray into the computer market |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:16:07 GMT |
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| fop |
n. a man who is too interested in his clothes and the way he looks, dandy |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:15:50 GMT |
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| foolhardy |
adj. reckless, risky, precarious
eg. It would be foolhardy to sail in weather like this. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:14:37 GMT |
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| foment |
v. stir up, agitate, incite
eg. They accused him of fomenting political unrest. |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:15:22 GMT |
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| foist |
v. force, impose
eg. my parents often foists me upon doing chores |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:13:50 GMT |
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| foil |
n. - contrast, coverage
v. defeat, frustrate
eg. The pale walls provide a perfect foil for the furniture |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:14:16 GMT |
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| foible |
n. weakness, slight fault
eg. We can overlook foibles of our friends, no one is perfect |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:13:26 GMT |
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| fodder |
n. food for castle, provender
eg. fodder for the horse |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:13:03 GMT |
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| flux |
n. flow, continuous changes
eg. out society is in a state of flux |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:47:51 GMT |
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| fluted |
adj. having parallel grooves (cut column)
eg. fluted column |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:10:48 GMT |
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| fluke |
n. lucky or unusual occurrence, serendipity, (windfall)
eg They are determined to show that their last win was no fluke |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 07 May 2010 15:18:32 GMT |
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| flout |
v. disobey, disrespect openly
eg. Motorists regularly flout the law |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:08:54 GMT |
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| flourish |
v. grow well, thrive
eg. these plants flourish in a damp climate |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:08:45 GMT |
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| flounder |
v. struggle with difficulty, (embroil)
eg. The industry is floundering at that time |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 07 May 2010 15:26:44 GMT |
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| flotsam |
n. drifting/floating debris/wreckage
eg. flotsam of the ship was found in the river |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 07 May 2010 15:17:52 GMT |
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| florid |
adj. reddish, too much decoration, ornate
eg. florid complexion = very red skin
florid style of painting |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:08:13 GMT |
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| flora |
n. plants of a region or era
eg. i study about desert flora |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:05:59 GMT |
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| floe |
n. mass of floating ice, iceberg
eg. the ice floes stopped the ship |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:05:47 GMT |
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| flit |
v. pass swiftly by, hover
eg. Like a bee flitting from flower to flower |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:05:36 GMT |
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| flippant |
adj. showing inappropriate levity/seriousness , irreverent, (frivolous, facetious)
ant. You can’t afford to be flippant about such matters. |
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