Gre Vocab F

Question 1

Facetious

Answer 1

Trearing serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

Question 2

Fallacious

Answer 2

Based on a mistaken belief

Question 3

Fanatical

Answer 3

1. Filled with excessive and single-minded zeal
2. Obsessively concerned with something

Question 4

Fanciful

Answer 4

1. (Of a person or their thoughts and ideas) Overimaginative and unrealistic (adj)
2. Existing only in the imagination or fancy
3. Designed to be exotically ornamental rather than practical

Question 5

Fathom

Answer 5

1. Understand (a difficult problem or enigmatic person) after much thought
2. A unit of length equal to six feet

Question 6

Fidelity

Answer 6

1. Loyal
2. Exact copy, haute fidélité du texte à la VO

Question 7

Finesse

Answer 7

1. Intricate and refined delicacy (noun)
2. Skillful handling of a situation; tactful maneuvering
3. Do something in a subtle and delicate manner

Question 8

Flag

Answer 8

To become tired, weaker, or less enthusiastic

Question 9

Fleeting

Answer 9

Lasting for a very short time (adj)

Question 10

Foment

Answer 10

1. Instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action)

Question 11

Foreshadow

Answer 11

Be a warning or indication of a future event

Question 13

Fringe

Answer 13

1. The outer, marginal, or extreme part of an area, group, or sphere of activity
2. A decorative border of hanging threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists, used to edge clothing or material
3. Not part of the mainstream; unconventional, peripheral, or extreme

Question 14

Frugal

Answer 14

1. Sparing or economical with regard to money or food
2. Simple and plain and costing little

Question 15

Futile

Answer 15

Futile