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Question 1

filial

Answer 1

D. pertaining to a son or daughter

E. filial affection/duty

Question 2

finale

\fə-ˈna-lē\

Answer 2

D. a conclusion

E. the finale to the festivities was a grand display of fireworks

Question 3

finesse

\fə-ˈnes\

Answer 3

D. skill; cunning

E. maneuvered his opponent into checkmate with his customary finesse

Question 4

finite

\ˈfī-ˌnīt\

Answer 4

D. limited

E. the earth’s finite supply of natural resources

Question 5

fissure

\ˈfi-shər\

Answer 5

D. a narrow opening or cleft

E. a deep fissure in the ice / fissures in a political party

Question 6

flaccid

\ˈfla-səd\

Answer 6

D. flabby, not firm or stiff

E. flaccid muscles / flaccid leadership

Question 7

flag

\ˈflag\

Answer 7

D. to droop or loose vigor

E. flagging stock prices

Question 8

flagellate

\ˈfla-jə-ˌlāt\

Answer 8

D. to whip or flog

E. some medieval monks believed it was necessary to flagellate themselves in order to keep their desires in check

Question 9

flagitious

\flə-ˈji-shəs\

Answer 9

D. wicked and vile

E. “That remorseless government persisted in its flagitious project”

Question 10

flagrant

\ˈflā-grənt\

Answer 10

D. glaring (as an error); conspicuously offensive

E. flagrant abuse of the law

Question 11

flail

Answer 11

D. to beat, to swing

E. They were flailing their arms to drive away the insects. / The bird’s wings flailed the water.

Question 12

flamboyant

flam-ˈbȯi-ənt\

Answer 12

D. ornate; showy

E. has a gallery of flamboyant gestures that makes him easy to imitate

Question 13

flatulent

Answer 13

D. gas-producing; windy in speech

E. on election night TV’s self-important pundits let loose a fusillade of flatulent pontifications

Question 14

flaunt

\ˈflȯnt\

Answer 14

D. to show off; to display; to treat contemptuously

E. She liked to flaunt her wealth by wearing furs and jewelry. / They openly flaunted the rules.

Question 15

flay

\ˈflā\

Answer 15

D. to skin; to pillage; to censure harshly

E. her husband flayed her constantly for her incessant shopping

Question 16

fledgling

\ˈflej-liŋ\

Answer 16

D. a young bird that has its feathers; an immature person

E. a female bird feeding her fledglings / at hockey he’s still a fledgling and needs to work on his basic skating skills

Question 17

flippant

Answer 17

D. pert, lacking proper respect or seriousness

E. his flippant comment that the poor save on taxes offended many people

Question 18

florid

Answer 18

D. flowery; ornate

E. gave a florid speech in honor of the queen’s visit

Question 19

flotsam

\ˈflät-səm\

Answer 19

D. ship wreckage floating on the sea; drifting persons or things

E. flotsam washed up on the shore / human flotsam (a floating population, as of emigrants) / a notebook filled with flotsam and jetsam / the village was built on the flotsam of war

Question 20

flout

\ˈflau̇t\

Answer 20

D. to reject

E. an able-bodied motorist openly flouting the law and parking in a space reserved for the disabled

Question 21

fluctuate

Answer 21

D. to waver, to shift back and forth uncertainly

E. His popularity has fluctuated during his term in office. / In the desert, the temperature fluctuates dramatically.

Question 22

fluent

Answer 22

D. fluid; easy with words

E. fluent in mathematics

Question 23

flux

Answer 23

D. a moving; a flowing

E. the English language is always in a state of flux / January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores.

Question 24

foible

\ˈfȯi-bəl\

Answer 24

D. a failing or weakness

E. could tolerate my uncle’s foibles because we loved him dearly

Question 25

foist \ˈfȯist\

Answer 25

D. to pass off fraudulently E. shopkeepers who foist shoddy souvenirs on unsuspecting tourists

Question 26

foment \ˈfō-ˌment\

Answer 26

D. to stir up E. foment a rebellion / He was accused of fomenting violence.

Question 27

foppish \ˈfä-pish\

Answer 27

D. like a dandy ( a man who cares a lot about his clothes and appearance) E. a foppish dressing gown

Question 28

foray \ˈfȯr-ˌā\

Answer 28

D. a raid or brief invasion E. forayed into enemy territory

Question 29

forbearance \fȯr-ˈber-ən(t)s\

Answer 29

D. patience E. He showed great forbearance in his dealings with them.

Question 30

foreboding \-ˈbō-diŋ\

Answer 30

D. a feeling of coming evil E. She had a sense of foreboding that the news would be bad.

Question 31

formidable \ˈfȯr-mə-də-bəl\

Answer 31

D. threatening; impressive E. The mountains were a formidable barrier. / He has mastered a formidable amount of material.

Question 32

forswear

Answer 32

D. to renounce E. The group forswears all worldly possessions. / The country has not forsworn the use of chemical weapons.

Question 33

forte \ˈfȯrt\

Answer 33

D. strong point E. Languages were never my forte.

Question 34

fortitude

Answer 34

D. strength; courage E. She has endured disappointments with fortitude and patience.

Question 35

fortuitous

Answer 35

D. happening by chance, especially a lucky chance that brings a good result E. His success depended on a fortuitous combination of circumstances.

Question 36

foster

Answer 36

D. to rear; to promote

Question 37

fractious \ˈfrak-shəs\

Answer 37

D. unruly E. The fractious crowd grew violent.

Question 38

fraught \ˈfräḵt\

Answer 38

D. full of unpleasant things such as problems or anger E. a situation fraught with danger; a fraught relationship

Question 39

fright

Answer 39

D. a feeling of fear E. Her eyes were wide with fright. / The birds took fright and flew off. / You gave me a fright jumping out at me like that.

Question 40

fray

Answer 40

D. a commotion or fight (threads coming apart) E. As the debate went on, tempers began to fray.

Question 41

freebooter \ˈfrē-ˌbü-tər\

Answer 41

D. a plunderer; a pirate E. the ship was captured by freebooters who were looking for gold

Question 42

frenetic \fri-ˈne-tik\

Answer 42

D. frantic; frenzied E. the frenetic rush to get every member of the cast in place before the curtain went up

Question 43

fresco

Answer 43

D. a picture that is painted on a wall while the plaster is still wet; the method of painting in this way E. The ceiling is richly decorated in marble and fresco.

Question 44

freshet \ˈfre-shət\

Answer 44

D. a stream or rush of water E. summer brings a freshet of tourists

Question 45

frigid

Answer 45

D. very cold

Question 46

fritter

Answer 46

D. to waste E. He frittered away the millions his father had left him.