F words

Question 1

Facetious***

Answer 1

(adj) humorous

Question 2

Factotum

Answer 2

(n) a person who does all sorts of work; handyman

Question 3

Fallacious***

Answer 3

(adj) based on a false idea or fact; misleading

Question 4

Fallow

Answer 4

(adj) plowed but not sowed; uncultivated

Question 5

Fatuous***

Answer 5

(adj) foolishly self-satisfied

Question 6

Felicitous***

Answer 6

(adj) suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen

Question 7

Fetter

Answer 7

(v) to bind; confine

Question 8

Fiat

Answer 8

(n) arbitrary order; authorization

Question 9

Filibuster

Answer 9

(n) use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law

Question 10

Finesse

Answer 10

(v) to handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse, that is, refinement in performance

Question 11

Flag

Answer 11

(v) to droop; grow weak

Question 12

Fledgling***

Answer 12

(n) beginner; novice

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Flout

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(v) to treat scornfully

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Foment***

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(v) to incite; arouse

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Forbearance

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(n) patience

Question 16

Forestall***

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(v) to prevent; delay

Question 17

Forswear

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(v) renounce; repudiate

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Founder

Answer 18

(v) to sink; fail; collapse

Question 19

Fractious***

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(adj) quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious

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Frieze

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(n) ornamental band on a wall

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Froward

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(adj) stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient

Question 22

Frugality***

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(n) thrift

Question 23

Fulminate***

Answer 23

(v) to attack loudly; denounce

Question 24

Fulsome

Answer 24

(adj) so excessive as to be disgusting – root => “full of some cocky shit”