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Essential Vocabulary
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QUICK REVIEW #103
Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

1. finesse a. thrive
2. fission b. incite
3. fissure c. artfulness
4. fixate d. wane
5. flag e. change

6. flaw f. separation
7. flora g. defect
8. flourish h. fault
9. fluctuate i. crack
10. flux j. plant life
11. foible k. vary
12. foment l. focus

foreclosure (fawr KLOH zhyoer) n. the legal procedure for a mortgager to gain
possession of a property when the mortgagee has failed to keep up payments so
that the property can be sold to cover the former’s expenses
• The bank’s attorneys took foreclosure action because the borrower was in
arrears on the monthly payments.
• Foreclosure auctions, in which the foreclosed-on properties are sold to repay
the mortgage holder, can be a source of real estate bargains.
[(to) foreclose vi., vt.]
foreignness (FAWR in nes) n. the quality of not naturally belonging; having
the quality of being an outsider; strangeness
• Invading microbes are usually attacked by the body’s defenses when their
foreignness is recognized.
• Westerners’ ears have difficulty with the foreignness of Asian music.
[Syn. extrinsicness]
forestall (for STAWL) vt. 1. to prevent by performing some action in advance;
2. to hinder; obstruct
• Paying the overdue mortgage forestalled the bank’s foreclosing on Ms.
Green’s home.
• Mr. Black obtained a restraining order to forestall his neighbor’s cutting
down the cherry tree.
[-ed, -ing] [Syn. prevent]