"F-" Vocabulary Flashcards
Facetious
Playful; humorous (adj)
Fallacy
An invalid or incorrect notion (n)
Fallow
Untilled, inactive, dormant (adj)
Fanatical
Zealous; single-mindedly obsessed with one thing (adj)
Fastidious
Excessively particular, critical, or demanding (adj)
Fatuous
Silly, inanely foolish (adj)
Fawn
To flatter or praise excessively (adj)
Feckless
Ineffectual; irresponsible (adj)
Felicitous
Suitably expressed; well chosen; delightful (adj)
Fervent
Greatly emotional or zealous (adj)
Fetid
Stinking, having a bad smell (adj)
Fetter
To shackle, put in chains; restrain (v)
Fickle
A likeliness to casually change one’s mind (adj)
Filibuster
Intentional obstruction, usually using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action (n)
Filigree
An ornamental work, arabesque design (n)
Flag
To sag or droop, to decline (v)
Flip
sarcastic, impertinent (adj)
Florid
Flushed with color, ornate (adj)
Flout
To demonstrate contempt for (v)
Foment
To stir up, incite (v)
Forbearance
Patience, willingness to wait (n)
Ford
To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream (v)
Forestall
To act in a way to hinder, exclude or prevent an action (v)
Forswear
To renounce, disallow, repudiate (v)