F Flashcards
Facet
A small plane surface
Any of the definable aspects that make up a subject or object
Fallacy
Guile, trickery, deception
A false or mistaken idea
An argument using false or invalid inference
Fallow
A light yellowish-brown color
Falter
To walk unsteadily
To give away
To stammer
To hesitate in purpose or action or to lose drive or effectiveness
Fathom
To unit of length equal to six ft
Comprehension
Fatigue
Labor, manual work
Exhaustion from labor, stress, or exertion
Feasible
Capable of being done or carried out
Suitable
Reasonable, likely
Feeble
Lacking in strength, indicating weakness
Inadequate, inferior
Feign
Pretend, to give a false appearance of
Invent, imagine
Disguise, conceal
Feisty
Full of nervous energy
Touchy, quarrelsome
Exuberantly frisky
Spunky
Fickle
Marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability
Flaccid
Not firm or stiff
Lacking in vigor or force
Flamboyant
Being strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior
Flatter
To praise excessively with motives of self-interest
To portray too favorably
Fleeting
Passing swiftly
Flotsam
Floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo
Miscellaneous or unimportant material
Debris, remains
Flourish
To thrive
To prosper, to be in a state of activity or production
To reach a height of development or influence
To make bold and sweeping gestures
Fluctuate
To rise and fall like a wave
Foolhardy
Foolishly adventurous and bold
Foreseen
To see beforehand
Forge
A furnace or shop were metal is heated and wrought
Formulate
To reduce or express as a formula
To devise
Fortunate
Auspicious, lucky
Bringing good things not foreseen as certain
Foster
Affording, receiving, or sharing nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
Fragile
Easily broken or destroyed
Delicate
Tenuous, slight
Frank
Marked by free, forthright, and sincere expression
Unmistakable evident
Frugal
Sparing or economical with regard to money or food, thrifty, prudent
Simple, plain, and costing little
Fulcrum
A thing that plays and essential or central role
Fundamental
Forming a necessary base or core; of central importance
A central or primary rule or principle on which something is based
Furious
Exhibiting or goaded by anger
Giving a stormy or turbulent appearance
Intense
Marked by noise, excitement, activity, or rapidity
Furtive
Done it a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed
Sly
Stolen
