F-Word List

Question 1

Facsimile

Answer 1

(N)-an exact copy, esp. of written or printed material.

Question 2

Fecundity

Answer 2

(N)-the ability to produce an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertility.

Question 3

Felicity

Answer 3

(N)-intense happiness.

-the ability to find appropriate expression for one’s thoughts.

Question 4

Fervid

Answer 4

(Adj)-intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree.

Question 5

Fetid

Answer 5

(Adj)- smelling extremely unpleasant.

Question 6

Fogy

Answer 6

(N)- an excessively conservative or old-fashioned person, especially one who is intellectually dull (usually preceded by old).

Question 7

Fortuitous

Answer 7

(Adj)-happening or produced by chance; accidental.

Lucky; fortunate.

Question 8

Frenulum

Answer 8

(N)-a small fold or ridge of tissue that supports or checks the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue, or between the lip and the gum.

Question 9

Fugue

Answer 9

(N)-a state or period of loss of awareness of one’s identity, often coupled with flight from one’s usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy.

Question 10

Furor

Answer 10

(N)-a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.

Question 11

Fusillade

Answer 11

(N)-a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms.

a general discharge or outpouring of anything.