161-180 Flashcards
Fait accompli
Already accomplished; done
Facetious
Intended to be funny, often inappropriate
Falsetto
Artificially produced, high pitched, make signing voice
Farcical
Ridiculous, absurd
Felicity
A pleasing quality or manner, especially in art
Fetter
To restrain, hinder, hamper
Flaccid
Flabby, lacking vigor or force
Flounce
To move with exaggerated, jerky motions; to leave suddenly, as in a huff
Foment
To instigate or stir up (revolution or strife)
Forbear
To hold back; abstain; to control ones self when provoked
Forebear
A person from whom one is descended
Founder
To sink underwater; to fail
Francophile
An enthusiast on the subject of France
Fratricide
To murder ones brother or sister, or one who is like a brother or sister
Fraught
Charged with; filled with
Furtive
Stealthy, secretive, sly
Gargantuan
Tremendous in size or volume
Garrulous
Rambling, talkative, annoyingly chatty
Gestation
Pregnancy; period during which anything grows or develops
Gesticulate
To make gestures, especially when speaking