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- fester, v.
- to form pus, to become more and more virulent, to rankle, to grow
embittered
- fiat, n.
- an order issue by a legal authority, a sanction or authorization
- flout, v.
- to mock, to sneer
- foment, v.
- to stir up, to arouse, to incite, to instigate
- frenetic, adj.
- frantic, frenzied
- froward, adj.
- not willing to yield or comply with what is required
- frugal, adj.
- economical, not spending freely
- fulminate, v.
- to explode with sudden violence, to shout denunciations
- fulsome, adj.
- disgusting or offensive, especially because of excess
- gainsay, v.
- to deny, to contradict
- garble, v.
- to confuse or mix up, to select, to suppress, distort a story in order
to mislead
- garish, adj.
- gaudy, too showy
- garner, v.
- to store, to gather up and save
- garrulous, adj.
- talkative, loquacious
- germinate, v.
- to sprout, to start developing or growing
- gist, n.
- the main point
- glut, v.
- to feed, fill or supply to excess
- gossamer, adj.
- light, thin, filmy
- gratuitous, adj.
- free, voluntary, not required
- grouse, v.
- to complain, to grumble
- grovel, v.
- to behave humbly or abjectly
- hallow, v.
- to consecrate, to make holly
- hapless, adj.
- unlucky, unfortunate
- hedonistic, adj.
- self-indulgent, living a life of pleasure
- hermetic, adj.
- completely sealed, magical
- hirsute, adj.
- hairy, shaggy
- hone, v.
- to rub and sharpen
- ignominious, adj.
- shameful, dishonorable, disgraceful
- imbroglio, n.
- an involved or confusing situation, a confused disagreement or entanglement
- immolate, v.
- to sacrifice, to kill or offer as a sacrifice
- impervious, adj.
- incapable of being penetrated
- imprecation, n.
- an invoking of evil, a curse
- incarcerate, v.
- to imprison
- incursion, n.
- a running in, an invasion, a raid
- indefatigability, n.
- the quality of not being easily exhausted
- indomitable, adj.
- not easily discouraged or subdued
- ineluctable, adj.
- not to be avoided, certain, inevitable
- ingenuous, adj.
- frank, open, candid
- ingratiate, v.
- to bring oneself into another's favors or good graces
- insalubrity, n.
- unhealthfulness, unwholesomeness
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