F1 Mneomonics Flashcards
fabricate
(verb): to make up in order to decieve. “FAB rick ate”
Think: fabric background
The movie set background was fabricated, woven from fabric to resemble a mountain range
facetious
(adjective): playfully funny. “fa SEE shus”
Think: face “E”
The facetious comedian made us smile so much that our faces looked like we were constantly saying “E”. *try it!)
fanatic
(adjective): full of extreme enthusiasm
“fuh NAT ick”
Think: fan lunatic
The fanatic Green Bay Packers fan- a lunatic- painted his face green and wore a cheese head hat every day of the year
farce
(noun): a comical, unrealistic , mocking display or show “FARSE
THink: farts
I know your play is a farce because of how many times the character fart
fastidious
(adjective) having very picky standards “fuh sTID ee us “
Think: fast to tidy up
My roommate is fastidious about cleaning; she gets mad if I am not fast to tidy up the apartment
fatuous
(adjective) lazily foolish. “fat SHOE us “
Think: fat ass
If you’re fatuous about nutrition, you might end up with a fat ass
fawning
(verb) kissing up to “FON ing”
Think : fawn (baby deer)
The little fawn’s only hope to get the bear to spea its life was by using fawning behavior
feckless
(adjective): weak; worthless; irresponsible. “FEK liss”
Think: F in class If you get an F in class, your study habits were probably feckless
fecund
(adjective): fruitful; inventive. “FEE kund”
Think: feces under
spreading manure, i.e., feces, under your crops as fertilizer will make your harvest fecund
feign
(verb): to fake. “FAYN (rhymes with “rain”)”
Think: faint
Here’s the plan: we feign illness by pretending to faint as soon as the final exam begins so we won’t have to retake it
felicity
(noun): happiness. “fu LISS it ee”
Think: feline city
If you’re a cat person, then a feline city would bring you great felicity. MEOW
ferret
(verb(: to bring to light; to uncover. “FERR it”
THink: ferret (the animal)
If you keep a ferret as a pet, it will ferret out all your lost earring since they can crawl under anything
fervor
(noun): passion “FUR ver”
THink: fever
The lovers’ fervor for each other was so great that their skin felt fever-hot
festoon
(verb): to decorate. “feh STOON”
Think: festival
The harvest moon festival is coming! Time to festoon the barn for the big dance!
fetid
(adjective): bad-smelling. “FED id”
Think: feet
Feet are often fetid
fiasco
(noun): a disaster. “fee ASS koh”
Think: flask
Smuggling that flask into the football game was a fiasco; we got kicked out during the first quarter
filia
(adjective): like a son or daugher. “FIL ee ul”
Think: affiliated
It was the son’s filial duty to care for his dying mother since he was affiliated with her by blood
fillip
(Noun): stimulus, impetus, flick “PHIL ipp”
Think: fill up my tank
If you could please fill up my tank of gas, then that would be a fillip to my transportation abilities
finagled
(verb): obtained, often through trickery or indirect methods. “fih NAY gulled”
Think: finagle a bagel
Even though I lost my wallet, I finagled a bagel from the bagel lady by claiming I had invented cream cheese
finicky
(adjective): difficult to please. “FIN ick ee”
Think: nit- picky
The princess was nit- picky- she was so finicky that she refused to sleep on the mattress with a pea under it
fitful
(adjective) : irregular, intermittent. “FIT Full”
Think: fit-full
Oour new baby only sleeps fitfully- the naight seems ful of his crying fits
flagrant
(adjective) : shockingly bad. “FLAY grint”
Think: fragrant vagrant
No matter what your feelings towards homeless people are, you can’t deny that man is a fragrant vagrant- his B.O. is so bad it’s flagrant
fleeting
(adjective): short-lived. “FLEET ing”
Think: flee
My stay in the village was by necessity fleeting: a dragon attacked, and I had to flee
flippant
(adjective): lacking respect or seriousness. “FLIP int”
Think: flip off
If you’re flippant, you probably flip people off on a regular basis
florid
(adjective): overly decorated; reddish, “FLOR id”
Think: flowered
The 12- year-old girl’s room was flowered with undreds of red-hued decorations- her style was florid
flotilla
(noun): a fleet of ships “Flo TILL uh”
Think: floating around Godzilla
Floating around Godzilla was a flotilla from the Japanese navy
flotsam
(noun) : floating debris “FLOT sim”
Think: float
After the Titanic sank, Rose was able to survive by climbing onto a piece of floating flotsam from the wreckage
flounder
(verb): to act clumsily or ineffectively “FLOUN dir”
Think : flop under
Bad dancer flounder (verb) through clubs like flounders (noun) that flop under the seat of the boat once they’re caught
flourish
(verb): to thrive. “FLERR ish”
THink: florist
My flowers always flourish, because I have 20 years experiences as a florist
flouted
(verb) treated without respect “FLOUT id”
Think: flung out
The rebel fouted the rules so badly that he flund them out the window
flummoxed
(adjective) : confued “FLUM ixed”
THink: flume ox
At the water park, I was completely flummoxed when, in the flume ride, I saw an ox swimming along
foible
(noun): a minor weakness of character “FOY bull”
THink: foil-able
Your plan to take over the world is foil-able because you have so many foibles
foment
(verb): to encourage the growth of. “FOH ment”
THink: form it!
In Star Wars, Princess Leia fomented the rebel group by telling the Rebels to “form it!”
forage
(verb, noun) v: to search for food, n: food, a search “FORE ige”
Think: for aged cheese
being French, I have been foraging our supermarkets and farmer’s markets far and wide for aged cheese that reminds me of home
forbearance
(noun): patience; tolerance “four BEAR ints”
Think: bear tolerance
I’m usually harsh on people who borrow my money, but for bears I have more tolerance and practice forbearance since they scare me
foreground
(verb): to highlight . “FOUR ground”
Think: foreground (noun)
That boy is magic! Foreground (verb) his talent by making sure he’s in the foreground (noun) of the stage!
forestall
(verb): to delay, hinder, or prevent. “ four STALL”
Think: for stall
The booby traps I surrounded my fort with will forestall invaders- they’re for stalling
formidable
(adjective): serious, respectable, worthy
“FOR mid ih bull”
THink: forbid
The cliff face was formidable; it seemed to forbid us from even attempting to climb
fortitude
(noun); strength “FORT ih tude”
Think: fortress
THe Bulgarian weightlifter’s mental fortitude during training gave my body that look like a fortress
fortuitous
(adjective): lucky “for TWO it iss”
Think: fortune for us
It was fourtuitous and fortunate for us that the polar bear we encountered had just eaten a seal and was to full to eat us
fracas
(noun): a noisy brawl. “FRAH kiss”
Think: frat ruckus
The frat brother often caused a ruckus by getting into a drucken fracas
fractious
(adjective): cranky. “FRAK shis”
THink: fracture us
The fractious football player is best avoided; if the team loses, he gets mad enough to fracture us
fraternize
(verb) : to be friendly with. “FRAH turn eyes”
Think: frat
We frat brothers fraternize with all the freshman chicks so they’ll come to our parties
frenetic
(adjective): widely excited or active “fruh NET ick”
Think: frenzy of energy
Have you ever watched a pug play? it’s frenetic- like a chubby little frenzy of energy
froward
(adjective); stubbornly disobedient. “FRO werd”
Think: afro
I try to straighten my hair but it’s froward- after a few hours, it’s a fro again
fruition
(Noun): a productive result. “froo ISH un”
Think: grow fruit
My plans to grow my own oranges came from fruitation when my orange tree produced fruit
fudge
(verb) to fake or falsify: “FUDJ”
Think: “oh fudge!”
If the salesperson fudges the facts about the used car you buy, you’ll be saying “oh, fudge!” later when it breaks down
fuliginous
(adjective): obscure; murky; dark “few LIDGE in is”
Think: full of gin
After he was full of gin, James Joyce composed poetry to moody and fuliginous that few could appreciate it
fulsome
(adjective) abudnant, sometimes disgustingly so. “FULL some”
THink: full of some
In the U.S. , we are full of some crops- full instance, corn here is so fulsome that we put it in neraly every food product
funereal
(adjective): like a funeral. “fyoo NERR ee ul”
Think: funeral
Your gothic style is so funereal it looks as though you’re headed to a funeral instead of the mall
furor
(noun): an outburst of rage or excitement “FURE rir”
Think: furious
The governor’s use of the Fuhrer’s (Hitler’s) image in an ad made many furious and created a political furor
furtive
(adjective): done by stealth “FIR tive”
Think: furtive fart
Watch out for that kid - he will fart in class but it’s so furtive that he never gets blamed
