F, G Flashcards
facetious
joking (often inappropriately), not seriously intended (humorous, flippant)
fallacious
logically unsound (false, mistaken, misleading, erroneous)
fatuous
smugly foolish (brainless, inane, asinine)
fawning
seeking favor from superiors by behaving abjectly (obsequious, servile, syncophatic, bootlicking, toadying)
felicitous
very well suited or nicely expressed (appropriate, apt, well chosen, fortunate)
fervor
passionate intensity of feeling, earnestness of emotion (passion, enthusiasm, eagerness, zeal)
flag
lose vigor, become feeble (fade, wane, droop)
fledgling
lacking experience (young, new, untried, notive)
florid
flowery in style, reddish in color (ornate, grandioquent, ruddy)
flout
reject mockingly, show contempt for (scoff at, disregard, scorn)
foment
stir up (incite, instigate, stimulate, provoke)
forbearance
patient endurance (self-control, patience, tolerance, restraint)
forestall
prevent by taking action in advance (hinder, preclude, avert)
fortuitous
by chance (accidental, unplanned, lucky, serendipitous)
founder
fail completely (sink, collapse, give way)
fractious
tending to cause trouble (unruly, disobedient, irritable, cross)
frenetic
wildly agitated (frenzied, frantic, hectic, uncontrolled)
furtive
done in a secretive or shift manner (sneaky, secret, surreptitious)
gainsay
declare to be false or invalid (contradict, dispute, deny, oppose)
garner
earn by one’s efforts (gather, acquire, store up)
garrulous
excessively conversational in a rambling, roundabout way (loquacious, talkative, wordy, gabby)
genre
particular variety of art or literature (type, sort, kind, variety)
germane
relevant to the current situation or case at hand (pertinent, applicable, appropriate)
grandiloquent
using lofty, inflated language (pompous, bombastic, pretentious)
gratuitous
given freely, uncalled for (unwarranted, unjustified)
gregarious
seeking the company of others (outgoing, sociable)
guile
crafty or cunning deception to achieve a goal (deceit, duplicity, wiliness, cunning)
