F Flashcards
Fabrication
A lie; something made up
Facetious
Humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous
Facile
Fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy
Faction
A group, usually a small part of a larger group, united around some cause; disagreement within an organization
Farcical
Absurd; ludicrous
Fastidious
Meticulous; demanding; finicky
Fatalist
Someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them
Fatuous
Foolish; silly; idiotic
Fauna
Animals
Fecund
Fertile; productive
Felicity
Happiness; skillfulness, especially at expressing things; adeptness
Fervor
Great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal
Fetter
To restrain; to hamper
Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Figurative
Based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually used for something else; metaphorical
Finesse
Skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness
Flagrant
Glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous
Flaunt
Show off; to display ostentatiously
Flout
To disregard something out of disrespect
Foible
A minor character flaw
Foment
To stir up; to instigate
Forbear
To refrain from; to abstain
Forego
To do without; to forbear
Forsake
To abandon; to renounce; to relinquish
Fortuitous
Accidental; occurring by chance
Founder
To fail; to collapse; to sink
Fraternal
Like brothers
Frenetic
Frantic; frenzied
Frugal
Economical; penny-pinching
Furtive
Secretive; sly
Futile
Useless; hopeless
Fastidious
Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail
