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Question 1

facet

\ˈfa-sət\

Answer 1

D. a small plane of a gem; an aspect

E. Which facet of his character is most appealing?

Question 2

facetious

\fə-ˈsē-shəs\

Answer 2

D. humorous; joking (sometimes inappropriately)

E. a facetious and tasteless remark about people in famine-stricken countries being spared the problem of overeating

Question 3

facile

\ˈfa-səl\

Answer 3

D. easy; expert (see facility, facilitate)

E. This problem needs more than just a facile solution. / He is a wonderfully facile writer.

Question 4

facilitate

Answer 4

D. to make easier

Question 5

faction

Answer 5

D. a clique or party

Question 6

factious

\ˈfak-shəs\

Answer 6

D. producing or tending to dissension

E. factious disputes

Question 7

factotum

\fak-ˈtō-təm\

Answer 7

D. an employee with many duties

E. I became her assistant and general factotum.

Question 8

faculty

Answer 8

D. an ability; a sense

Question 9

fain

\ˈfān\

Answer 9

D. gladly

E. I would fain do as you ask.

Question 10

factitious

Answer 10

D. artificial

E. presumably the statue is of factitious marble, because for that price you’re not going to get the real stuff

Question 11

fallacious

Answer 11

D. misleading; containing a fallacy

Question 12

fallible

Answer 12

D. capable of error

Question 13

fallow

\ˈfa-(ˌ)lō\

Answer 13

D. (land) left unplanted during a growing season

E. at this very moment there are probably important inventions lying fallow

Question 14

falter

\ˈfȯl-tər\

Answer 14

D. to move unsteadily; to stumble or stammer

E. her voice faltered / he never faltered in his determination / The business was faltering due to poor management.

Question 15

fanaticism

\fə-ˈna-tə-ˌsi-zəm\

Answer 15

D. excessive enthusiasm

E. the fanaticism of football supporters

Question 16

fastidious

Answer 16

D. hard to please; easy to offend

E. She was too fastidious to do anything that might get her dirty.

Question 17

fatalism

'fā-tȯ-ˌli-zəm\

Answer 17

D. the belief that all events are ruled by fate

E. There is a mood of profound fatalism amongst party members.

Question 18

fatuous

\ˈfa-chü-əs\

Answer 18

D. foolish

E. the fatuous questions that the audience members asked after the lecture suggested to the oceanographer that they had understood little

Question 19

fauna

'fä-nä\

Answer 19

D. animal life

E. studying the diverse fauna of the island / studying the faunas of different islands

Question 20

faux pas

\ˈfō-ˌpä\

Answer 20

D. an error in social behavior

E. Arriving too early would be a serious faux pas.

Question 21

fawn

\ˈfȯn\

Answer 21

D. to seek favor by demeaning oneself (like a dog)

E. a sports star surrounded by fawning fans

Question 22

fealty

\ˈfē(-ə)l-tē\

Answer 22

D. loyalty

E. as much as I wanted to back my friend up, my fealty to the truth was greater, and I could not lie for him

Question 23

feasible

Answer 23

D. practical

Question 24

feckless

Answer 24

D. weak; careless

E. Her husband was a charming, but lazy and feckless man.

Question 25

feculent \ˈfe-kyə-lənt\

Answer 25

D. filthy; foul

Question 26

fecundity \fi-ˈkän-də-tē\

Answer 26

D. fertility; productiveness E. the Franklin stove, bifocals, and the lightning rod are just a few of the inventions that we owe to the fecund creativity of Benjamin Franklin

Question 27

feign

Answer 27

D. to pretend

Question 28

feint \ˈfānt\

Answer 28

D. a move intend to throw opponent off guard E. His air of approval was a feint to conceal his real motives.

Question 29

felicitous

Answer 29

D. apt; chosen well; happy in expression E. felicitous weather / a felicitous combination of flavors

Question 30

fell

Answer 30

D. cruel; fierce E. planning in the event that the enemy resorted to biological warfare and released some fell virus on the civilian population / a fell purpose

Question 31

felonious \fə-ˈlō-nē-əs\

Answer 31

D. wicked E. the commission found that while the senator's actions were ethically questionable, they were not felonious

Question 32

ferment

Answer 32

D. a state of unrest E. The wine ferments in oak barrels. / A blend of emotions fermented inside her.

Question 33

ferret \ˈfer-ət\

Answer 33

D. to search out E. to ferret out the facts. / to ferret out the facts.

Question 34

fervent, fervid

Answer 34

D. hot; ardent E. at the school board meeting the librarian delivered a fervid speech defending the classic novel against would-be censors / the fervid sands of Arabia

Question 35

fete \ˈfāt\

Answer 35

D. a lavish entertainment, often in someone's honor E. a charity fete / to fete a visiting celebrity.

Question 36

fetid \ˈfe-təd\

Answer 36

D. stinking E. the fetid odor of rotting vegetables

Question 37

fetish

Answer 37

D. an object supposed to have magical power; any object of special devotion E. He wore a fetish to ward off evil spirits.

Question 38

felter

Answer 38

D. to shackle or restrain; to clot or mat together like felt E. His feltered locks that on his bosom fell. (解開心結)

Question 39

fettle

Answer 39

D. state of the body and mind E. a visit to the relatives on the other side of the state revealed them all to be in fine fettle

Question 40

fiasco \fē-ˈas-(ˌ)kō\

Answer 40

D. a complete failure E. The party was a complete fiasco.

Question 41

fiat \ˈfē-ət\

Answer 41

D. a command E. Prices have been fixed by government fiat.

Question 42

fickle

Answer 42

D. changeable E. He blames poor sales on fickle consumers.

Question 43

fidelity \fə-ˈde-lə-tē\

Answer 43

D. faithfulness E. music with much higher fidelity than on cassettes / they have never wavered in their fidelity to the cause of freedom

Question 44

fiduciary \fə-ˈdü-shē-ˌer-ē\

Answer 44

D. pertaining to one who holds sth in trust for another E. the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders

Question 45

figment

Answer 45

D. an invention; a fiction E. unable to find any tracks in the snow the next morning, I was forced to conclude that the shadowy figure had been a figment of my imagination

Question 46

filch \ˈfilch\

Answer 46

D. to steal E. too hungry to wait until the party had started, he filched a cookie from the buffet table when no one was looking