F Flashcards
facile
easy, requiring little effort
fallacious
incorrect, misleading
fastidious
meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards
fathom
to understand, comprehend
fatuous
silly, foolish
fecund
fruitful, fertile
felicitous
well suited, apt
feral
wild, savage
fervent
ardent, passionate
fetid
having a foul odor
fetter
to chain, restrain
fickle
shifting in character, inconstant
fidelity
loyalty, devotion
flaccid
limp, not firm or strong
flagrant
offensive, egregious
florid
flowery, ornate
flout
to disregard or disobey openly
foil
to thwart, frustrate, defeat
forbearance
patience, restraint, toleration
forestall
to prevent, thwart, delay
forlorn
lonely, abandoned, hopeless
forsake
to give up, renounce
fortitude
strength, guts
fortuitous
happening by chance, often lucky or fortunate
forum
a medium for lecture or discussion
fractious
troublesome or irritable
fraught
usually used with, filled, or accompanied with
frenetic
frenzied, hectic, frantic
frivolous
of little importance, trifling
furtive
secretive, sly