Essential Units 35-41 Flashcards
Fractious
Fractious (adj)
Quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious
In an effort to unify their divided party, it’s leaders decided to first placate the party’s most fractious elements.
Placate
Placate (Transitive Verb)
to cause (someone) to feel less angry about something
Placater (n)
Fresco
Fresco (n)
A painting done on plaster
The Italian Renaissance was the greatest period of fresco painting, as seen in the work of artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael and Giotto.
Frieze
Frieze (n)
Ornamental band on a wall
One of the best-known friezes, on the outer wall of the Parthenon in Athens, is a 525- foot depiction, of the panathenaic procession honoring Athena.
Froward
Froward (adj)
Stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
The teacher had no choice but to send the froward child to the vice-principal for disciplining.
Unprecedented
Unprecedented (adj)
Not done or experienced before
Presumptive (adj)
Presumptive
Based on probability
Given grounds for reasonable belief
Fracas
Fracas (n)
A loud quarrel; brawl
The police were called in to break up a fracas that had erupted in the bar.
Fracases
Frugality
Frugality (n)
Thrift
Efficient spending; budgeting
In these days of credit card and installment plan buying. Frugality seems to have become a rarely practiced virtue.
Fulminate
Fulminate (v)
To attack loudly; denounce
The senator fulminated against what he termed “foreign meddling in America’s business.”
Fulsome
Fulsome (adj)
So excessive as to be disgusting
The actor was embarrassed by the fulsome praise he received after winning the academy award for best actor.
Fusion
Fusion (adj)
Union; synthesis
A hydrogen bomb requires tremendous heat to trigger the fusion reaction, which is provided by the detonation of a fission bomb.
Futile
Futile (adj)
Ineffective; useless; fruitless
To some non-philosophers, the discipline seems frivolous and futile because it produces no tangible benefits.
Ignominy
Ignominy
noun
: a situation or event that causes you to feel ashamed or embarrassed
Disgraced
Garble
Garble (v)
to cause (a word, name, message, etc.) to be unclear or confusing
Moribund
Moribund
no longer active or effective : close to failure
: very sick : close to death
Moribund
: no longer active or effective : close to failure
: very sick : close to death
Gainsay
Gainsay (v)
To deny; dispute; oppose
No one can gainsay the fact that she put great effort into the project.
Gambol
Gambol (v)
To frolic; leap playfully
The children gamboled on the lawn while their parents ate lunch.
Garrulous
Garrulous (adj)
Very talkative: wordy
The garrulous houseguest made it difficult for us to get much work done on the project.
Gauche
Gauche (adj)
Coarse and the uncouth: clumsy
What is considered gauche in one culture might not be considered gauche in another culture: for example, burping is considered rude in America but is acceptable in China.
Geniality
Geniality (n)
Cheerfulness: kindness: sociability
Hosts of television talk shows are generally people who possess a great deal of geniality.
Gerrymander
Gerrymander (v)
To divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party.
An argument against the practice of gerrymandering is that it tends to make it difficult for the party that is out of power to regain power.
Glib
Glib (adj)
Fluent in an insincere way; offhand
Sharon’s parents were not satisfied by her glib explanation of why she had not been able to study for the exam.
