41-60 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; a great happiness
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 oneself when provoked
Forebear
a person from them one is descended
Founder
to sink underwater; to fail
Francophile
an enthusiast on the subject of France and French culture
Fratricide
to murder ones brother or sister, or one who is like a brother or sister
Fraught
charged with; withheld with