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
