AVID VOCAB QUIZ WEEK 5

Question 1

Flagrant

Answer 1

Outrageous, shameless

Question 2

Flamboyant

Answer 2

Flashy, garish; exciting, dazzling

Question 3

Fledgling

Answer 3

Young bird just learning to fly, beginner, novice

Question 4

Florid

Answer 4

Gaudy, extremely conate; ruddy; flushed

Question 5

Flounder

Answer 5

To falter, waver; to muddle, struggle

Question 6

Flout

Answer 6

To treat contemptuously, scorn

Question 7

Fluctuate

Answer 7

To alternate, waver

Question 8

Fodder

Answer 8

raw material; feed for animals

Question 9

Foible

Answer 9

Minor weakness or character flaw

Question 10

Foil

Answer 10

To defeat, frustrate

Question 11

Foment

Answer 11

To arouse or incite

Question 12

Foliate

Answer 12

To grow, sprout leaves

Question 13

Forbearance

Answer 13

Patience, restraint, leniency

Question 14

Ford

Answer 14

To cross a body of water at a shallow place

Question 15

Foreboding

Answer 15

dark sense of evil to come

Question 16

Foreclosure

Answer 16

To rule out; to seize debtor’s property for lack of payments

Question 17

Forlorn

Answer 17

Dreary, deserted; unhappy; hopeless, despairing

Question 18

Forestall

Answer 18

To prevent, delay; anticipate

Question 19

Forgo

Answer 19

To go without, refrain from