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Figment: imagined thing; fabrication; invention; illusion; fantasy;

hallucination.
Fiscal: economic; financial; monetary.
Fledgling: baby chicken; hatchling; immature; inexperienced.
Flippant: disrespectful; frivolous; offhand; glib; dismissive; flip; superficial;
facetious; saucy; pert.
Florid: ruddy; flushed; red-faced; ornate; baroque; elaborate; extravagant;
fancy; flowery.
Fodder: silage; hay; animal food.
Folly: foolishness; madness; stupidity; idiocy; silliness; craziness; insanity;
impudence.
Foray: raid; incursion; venture; sortie; attack; assault; expedition.
Forebode: foretell; predict; portend; prophecy; foreshadow.
Foreclose: exclude; bar; shut out; close out.

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Forensic: related to scientific methods of solving a crime.
Forestall: prevent; preclude; avert; obviate; hinder; thwart; per-empt.
Forswear: renounce; disavow; reject; disown; abjure; give up.
Forte: strong point; specialty; special talent.
Forthright: frank; outspoken; going straight to the point.
Foster: encourage; promote; further; advance; cultivate; forward.
Fragmentary: made up of fragments; incomplete; disconnected; bitty;
scrappy; patchy.
Fruitful: productive; successful; fertile; rich; prolific; profitable.
Fuel: stimulate; ignite; kindle; increase.
Fulminate: to criticize strongly; to denounce strongly; to protest
vehemently.

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Gaffe: blunder; mistake; error; false move; faux pas.
Galvanize: spur; rouse; stimulate; electrify; fire up; stir up; animate; incite;
revitalize.
Gambit: scheme; strategy; maneuver; ploy.
Gamut: range; scale; length; scope; extent; breadth; array.
Garner: gather; acquire; earn; get; gain; collect; harvest.
Gastronomy: the art of eating well.
Generic: general; common; broad; basic; nonspecific.
Genesis: origin; beginning; start; birth; creation.
Genocide: the extermination of a religious, racial or national group.
Germane: applicable; pertinent; relevant; useful; connected; to the point.

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Ghastly: ghost-like; terrible; frightening; horrible; appalling; horrifying;
grisly; frightful.
Gratis: free; free of charge; for nothing; gratuitous.

Grievous: grave; severe; dire; serious; dreadful; terrible.

Grimace: to make an ugly facial expression; frown; scowl; contortion;
expression; make a face.
Guise: appearance; semblance; show.