Day 6 Flashcards
FACETIOUS
Synonyms: humorous, jocular, waggish, comic, funny
Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor;
Example: I was being facetious when I told my mother I want Brussels sprouts with every meal, but she took me seriously!
FACILITATE
Synonyms: expedite, simplify, foster
Make (an action or process) easy or easier
Example: The well planned logistics facilitated the smooth transport of the goods
FALLACIOUS
Synonyms: incorrect, false, deceptive, deluding, spurious
containing or based on a fallacy (incorrect reasoning)
Example: The rumors were fallacious.
FATUOUS
Synonyms: foolish, inane, idiotic, puerile, obtuse, asinine, imbecile
Silly and pointless.
Example: She’s so fatuous that she thinks all men are flirting with her.
FAWNING
Synonyms: flattering, bootlicking, servile, obsequious
attempting to win favor by flattery
Example: Diana fawned over the manager, hoping to gain a free pass.
FELICITOUS
Synonyms: happy, joyful, fortunate
happy
Example: The critics were rather intrigued (interested) by the felicituous ending of the film.
FERVOR
Synonyms: passion, ardor, zest, enthusiasm
Intense and passionate feeling.
Example: The fervor of the football fans, at times, turns into hooliganism.
FLAG
Example: The country’s flag was displayed everywhere.
FLEDGLING
Synonyms: new, novice, freshman, apprentice
A person or organization that is immature, inexperienced, or underdeveloped: “the fledgling democracies of eastern Europe”.
Example: The fledgling enterprise is yet to make it mark in the trade circles.
FLOUT
Synonyms: mock, insult, contempt for, gibe at, jeer at, sneer at, defy
Openly disregard (a rule, law or convention)
Example: These same companies still flout basic ethical practices
FOMENT
Synonyms: promote, instigate, excite, arouse
to arouse or incite
Example: The candidate tried to forment sentiment against the war during his speech
FORESTALL
Synonyms: avert, preclude, obviate, prevent
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
Example: Sometimes it is possible to forestall a cold by taking Vitamin C.
FRUGALITY
Synonyms: economizing, pridence, miserliness, carefulness
Tendency to be thrifty or cheap
Example: Due to Shahid’s frugality, he was able to save more than half of her money.
FUTILE
Synonyms: useless, worthless, valueless
producing no result or effect
Example: The efforts of the police to suppress the riot were futile.
GAINSAY
Synonyms: contradict, deny
to deny, to speak or act against
Example: No one can gainsay the fact that he is a great player.
GARRULOUS
Synonyms: talkative, loquacious, gossipy
tending to talk a lot
Example: Jake loved garrulous women, whose continuous utterances allowed him to quietly listen.
GOAD
Synonyms: incentive, stimulus, motivation
give heart or courage to
Example: Fear of failure can be a goad to hard work.
GOUGE
Synonyms:
scoop, hollow, excavate
Example: The gouge on the cliff was deep enough to trap a deer
GRANDILOQUENT
Synonyms: fancy, bombastic, pompous, rhetorical
pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, esp. in a way that is intended to impress.
Example: The boss was so grandiloquent that the personnel often rediculed him.
GREGARIOUS
Synonyms: socialable, lively, extrovert, affable
outgoing and social
Example: A gregarious person loves parties
GUILELESS
Synonyms: straightforward, frank, honest, sincere
free of deceit
Example: The guileless old man was no match for the trickster, who robbed the old man.
GULLIBLE
Synonyms: easily fooled, credulous, easily duped
easily deceived
Example: The man fooled gullible elderly people into investing their life saving.
