161-180 Flashcards
Facetious
Intended to be funny, often inappropriately.
Fait accompli
Already accomplished; done
Falsetto
Artificially produced, high pitched, male singing voice
Farcical
Ridiculous, absurd
Felicity
A pleasing quality or manner, especially in art or language; great happiness
Fetter
To restrain, hinder, hamper
Flaccid
Flabby, lacking vigor or force
Flounce
To move with exaggerated, jerky movements; to leave suddenly as in a huff
Foment
To instigate or stir up (revolution or strife)
Forbear
To hold back, abstain; to control oneself when provoked
Forebear
A person from whom one is descended
Founder
To sink under water; to fail
Francophile
An enthusiast on the subject of France and French culture
Fratricide
To murder one’s brother or sister, or one who is like a brother or sister
Fraught
Charged with; filled with