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Guide to Obscure English Words 535

Evince—to bring forth
Excrescence—an unwanted byproduct
Exegesis—textual analysis (especially of scripture)
Exegetical—pertaining to analysis of scripture
Exiguous—very little

Extrapolate—infer or derive from incomplete information
Fascicular—produced in volumes (of books)
Fastidious—excessively concerned with details
Fatuity—foolishness
Feckless—careless, irresponsible
Felicitous—characterized by happiness or good fortune

Felicity—happiness, cause of happiness
Felon—a performer of a severe crime
Feted—given honor
Firmament—the sky
Flaccid—easy to bend
Flay—to strongly criticize or whip

Flummoxed—confused
Forswear—to fully give up
Fraught with—full of
Fusillade—a sustained verbal attack
Gaff—a mistake
Genteelly—elegantly, politely, with upper-class behavior

Gloss—a commentary
Gossamer—something light or without substance
Gracile—thin
Guileless—without deception
Gushily—with marked expression of emotion
Halcyon—happily, tranquil

Hebetation—dullness
Hegemony—unchallengeable dominance