24 6 Flashcards
fabrication
something made up
facetious
not serious; clumsily humorous
facile
skillful in a superficial way; easy
faction
a group usually a small part of a larger group united around some cause; disagreement within an organization
farcical
absurd; ludicrous
fastidious
meticulous; demanding
fatalist
someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them
fatuous
foolish; silly; idiotic ;
fauna
animals ; flora animal
fecund
Adj fertile; productive
felicity
N happiness; skillfulness especially at expressing things; adeptness
fervor
N great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal ardor
fetter
V to restrain; to hamper
fidelity
N faithfulness; loyalty
figurative
Adj based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually for something else; metaphorical
finesse
impressive skill
flagrant
Adj glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous
flaunt
V show off; to display ostentatiously
flout
V to disregard something out of disrespect
foible
N a minor character flaw
foment
V to stir up; to instigate
forbear
v to refrain from ; to abstain
forgo
v to do without ; to forbear
forsake
v to abandon ; to renounce ; to relinquish
fortuitous
a accidental ; occurring by chance
founder
v to fail ; to collapse ; to sink
fraternal
a like brothers
frenetic
a frantic ; frenzied
frugal
a economical ; penny-pinching
furtive
a secretive ; sly
futile
a useless ; hopeless ;
garrulous
a talkative; chatty
genre
n a type or category especially of art or writing
genteel
a refined ; polite ; aristocratic ; affecting refinement
gesticulate
v to make gestures especially when speaking or in place of speaking
glut
n surplus ; an overabundance
grandiloquent
a pompous ; using a lot of big fancy words in an attempt to sound impressive
grandiose
a absurdly exaggerated
gratuitous
a given freely said of something bad ; unjustified ; unprovoked ; uncalled for
gravity
n seriousness
gregarious
a sociable ; enjoying the company of others
guile
n cunning ; duplicity ; artfulness
hackneyed
a overused ; trite ; stale
hapless
a unlucky unlucky
harbinger
n a forerunner ; a signal of ;
hedonism
n the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life
hegemony
n leadership especially of one nation over another
heresy
n any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs
hermetic
a impervious to external influence ; airtight
heyday
n golden age ; prime prime