F, G, & H Words Flashcards
fabricate
to construct; to devise a deception
facade
front part of building
falter
stumble
fastidious
hard to please
fatuous
foolish
feasible
possible
fecund
fertile
feign
pretend
felicity
great happiness
ferret
to hunt out
fervent
emotional; ardent
fetish
an object believed to have magical powers
fiasco
complete failure
fickle
changeable
flaccid
soft and flabby
flagrant
shocking
flail
to thrash
flamboyant
showy
flaunt
to show off
fledge
to grow feathers
forensic
pertaining to debate
formidable
huge; dreadful
forte
strong point
fortitude
courage
fortnight
two weeks
fortuitous
by chance
fray
to unravel; a noisy quarrel
frugal
thrifty
garrulous
talkative
gauntlet
medical glove
generic
pertaining to class or group
genre
kind
glib
fluent
gradient
slope
gregarious
sociable
grueling
very tiring; severe
guild
organization of persons with common interest
hallucination
illusion
hapless
unfortunate
harrass
to annoy by repeated attacks
heinous
hateful; abominable
herbivorous
feeding on plants
heretic
person who maintains opinions against church doctrine
heterogenous
different in kind
heyday
period of success
hiatus
gap
hoax
joke
holocaust
destruction of fire
homage
tribute
homogenous
essentially the same
hybrid
mongrel; mixed breed
hypochondriac
one who worries about his health