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1 fable

The fable is on the next page.

2 fabric

The fabric moulds to the body.

3 Fame

Fame hasn't really changed him.

4 fabricate

It angers me that people would fabricate a story like that.

5 familiar

He was humming a familiar tune.

6 fabulous

This is a fabulous album. It's fresh, varied, fun.

7 famine

The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.

8 facet

Now let's look at another facet of the problem

9 facilitate

It may facilitate independent learning.

10 facility

There may be a cost to such facility.

11 fancy

So you fancy yourself as the boss someday?

12 fantastic

I have a fantastic social life.

13 fantastical

It is fantastical, falsidical and deceitful.

14 fantasy

He retreated into a world of fantasy.

15 faculty

The faculty agreed on a change in the requirements.

16 fare

He could barely afford the fare.

17 farewell

I bade all my friends farewell.

18 faint

The heat made him feel faint.

19 farther

How much farther is it?

20 fair

The punishment was very fair.

21 fascinate

Angels fascinate, as Christmas-card-makers rediscover every year.

22 fairy

She was like a princess in a fairy tale.

23 faith

Faith is stronger than reason.

24 faithful

I have been a faithful reader of your newspaper for many years.

25 fasten

They fasten with a drawstring.

26 fatal

There was a fatal flaw in the plan.

27 fate

Her fate intertwined with his.

28 fatigue

She was plagued by weakness, fatigue, and dizziness.

29 fellow

e was a young fellow, very green, very immature.

30 fault

Now look here, it wasn't my fault.

31 fellowship

He was offered a research fellowship at Yale.

32 faulty

This line of reasoning is faulty.

33 favourable

The terms of the agreement are favourable to both sides.

34 fence

Two birds settled on the fence.

35 ferry

The ferry is due to land at 3 o'clock.

36 fertile

Farmers worked the fertile valleys.

37 fear

A wave of fear swept over him.

38 fertiliser

After pruning, feed plants with a rose fertiliser.

39 feast

The feast was served by his mother and sisters.

40 Feudal

Feudal society was rigidly stratified.

41 feat

Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.

42 fever

He had an earache and a fever.

43 feather

The feather must be removed with a straight, firm pull.

44 fiber

Most vegetables contain fibre.

45 fiction

The book intermingles fact and fiction.

46 fierce

There's been some fierce competition for the title.

47 feeble

Don't be so feeble! Tell her you don't want to go.

48 figure

A cube is a solid figure.

49 fixture

It is easy to change a light bulb, sure, but it is harder to change the bulb and its fixture.

50 flap

The flap of the envelope had come unstuck.

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