F words Flashcards
Facetious***
(adj) humorous
Factotum
(n) a person who does all sorts of work; handyman
Fallacious***
(adj) based on a false idea or fact; misleading
Fallow
(adj) plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
Fatuous***
(adj) foolishly self-satisfied
Felicitous***
(adj) suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen
Fetter
(v) to bind; confine
Fiat
(n) arbitrary order; authorization
Filibuster
(n) use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law
Finesse
(v) to handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse, that is, refinement in performance
Flag
(v) to droop; grow weak
Fledgling***
(n) beginner; novice
Flout
(v) to treat scornfully
Foment***
(v) to incite; arouse
Forbearance
(n) patience
Forestall***
(v) to prevent; delay
Forswear
(v) renounce; repudiate
Founder
(v) to sink; fail; collapse
Fractious***
(adj) quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious
Frieze
(n) ornamental band on a wall
Froward
(adj) stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
Frugality***
(n) thrift
Fulminate***
(v) to attack loudly; denounce
Fulsome
(adj) so excessive as to be disgusting – root => “full of some cocky shit”
