List 19 Flashcards
fallacious
fallaciousADJ. /假的；误导的/false; misleading. Paradoxically, fallacious reasoning does not always yield erroneous results: even though your logic may be faulty, the answer you get may nevertheless be correct. fallacy, N.
fallible
fallibleADJ. /容易犯错的/liable to err. I know I am fallible, but I feel confident that I am right this time.
fallow
fallowADJ. /休耕地；潜伏的；不活跃的/plowed but not sowed; uncultivated. Farmers have learned that it is advisable to permit land to lie fallow every few years.
falter
falterV. /犹豫；踌躇/hesitate. When told to dive off the high board, she did not falter, but proceeded at once.
fanfare
fanfareN. /号角声/call by bugles or trumpets. The exposition was opened with a fanfare of trumpets and the firing of cannon.
farce
farceN. /闹剧；嘲笑/broad comedy; mockery. Nothing went right; the entire interview degenerated into a farce. farcical,ADJ.
fastidious
fastidiousADJ. /挑剔的；难伺候的/difficult to please; squeamish. Bobby was such a fastidious eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
fatalism
fatalismN. /宿命论/belief that events are determined by forces beyond one’s control. With fatalism, he accepted the hardships that beset him. fatalistic,ADJ.
fathom
fathomV. /领会；调查，测量/comprehend; investigate. I find his motives impossible to fathom; in fact, I’m totally clueless about what goes on in his mind.
fatuous
fatuousADJ. /愚蠢的；不可理喻的；不理智的/foolish; inane. He is far too intelligent to utter such fatuous remarks.
fawning
fawningADJ. /奉承/courting favor by cringing and flattering. She was constantly surrounded by a group of fawning admirers who hoped to win some favor. fawn,V.
faze
fazeV. /折磨，打击/disconcert; dismay. No crisis could faze the resourceful hotel manager.
fecundity
fecundityN. /丰饶/fertility; fruitfulness. The fecundity of his mind is illustrated by the many vivid images in his poems.
feign
feignV. /假装；捏造/pretend. Lady Macbeth feigned illness although she was actually healthy.
feint
feintN. /假的，淡的，不鲜明的；佯攻/trick; shift; sham blow. The boxer was fooled by his opponent’s feint and dropped his guard. alsoV.
felicity
felicityN. /欢乐；适当/happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.). She wrote a note to the newlyweds wishing them great felicity in their wedded life.
fell
fellADJ. /凶猛的，致命的/cruel; deadly. The newspapers told of the tragic spread of the fell disease.
felon
felonN. /重罪犯/person convicted of a grave crime. A convicted felon loses the right to vote.
feral
feralADJ. /野生的，未驯服的/not domestic; wild. Abandoned by their owners, dogs may revert to their feral state, roaming the woods in packs.
ferment
fermentN. /激怒；挑起骚动、暴乱/agitation; commotion. With the breakup of the Soviet Union, much of Eastern Europe was in a state of ferment.
ferret
ferretV. /侦查；搜出；赶出/drive or hunt out of hiding. She ferreted out their secret.
fervent
ferventADJ. /炙热的/ardent; hot. She felt that the fervent praise was excessive and somewhat undeserved.
fervid
fervidADJ. /炙热的/ardent. Her fervid enthusiasm inspired all of us to undertake the dangerous mission.
fervor
fervorN. /热情；激情/glowing ardor; intensity of feeling. At the protest rally, the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal fervor.
fester
festerV. /使溃烂，化脓/rankle; produce irritation or resentment. Joe’s insult festered in Anne’s mind for days, and made her too angry to speak to him.
festive
festiveADJ. /欢乐；庆祝/joyous; celebratory. Their wedding in the park was a festive occasion.
fetid
fetidADJ. /恶臭的/malodorous. The neglected wound became fetid.
fetter
fetterV. /羁绊/shackle. The prisoner was fettered to the wall.
fiasco
fiascoN. /彻底失败/total failure. Our ambitious venture ended in a fiasco and we were forced to flee.
fickle
fickleADJ. /变化无常的；薄情的/changeable; faithless. As soon as Romeo saw Juliet, he forgot all about his old girlfriend Rosaline. Was Romeo fickle?
fictitious
fictitiousADJ. /想象的/imaginary. Although this book purports to be a biography of George Washington, many of the incidents are fictitious.
fidelity
fidelityN. /忠诚/loyalty. A dog’s fidelity to its owner is one of the reasons why that animal is a favorite household pet.
figment
figment N. /发明；臆造的事务/invention; imaginary thing. That incident never took place; it is a figment of your imagination.
figurine
figurineN. /小雕像/small ornamental statuette. In The Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade was hired to trace the missing figurine of a black bird.
filch
filchV. /偷/steal. The boys filched apples from the fruit stand.
filial
filialADJ. /子女的/pertaining to a son or daughter. Many children forget their filial obligations and disregard the wishes of their parents.
filibuster
filibusterV. /（发表长篇演讲来）阻挠法案通过/to block legislation by making long speeches. Even though we disapproved of Senator Foghorn’s political goals, we were impressed by his ability to filibuster endlessly to keep an issue from coming to a vote.
finesse
finesseN. /精密的技巧/delicate skill. The finesse and adroitness with which the surgeon wielded her scalpel impressed all the observers in the operating room.
finicky
finickyADJ. /过分讲究；鸡毛蒜皮/too particular; fussy. The little girl was finicky about her food, leaving over anything that wasn’t to her taste.
firebrand
firebrandN. /总惹麻烦的人，惹事生非者，捣乱人/hothead: troublemaker. The police tried to keep track of all the local firebrands when the President came to town.
fissure
fissure N. /裂缝；分歧/crevice. The mountain climbers secured footholds in tiny fissures in the rock.
fitful
fitfulADJ. /断断续续；间歇/spasmodic; intermittent. After several fitful attempts, he decided to postpone the start of the project until he felt more energetic.
flabbergasted
flabbergastedADJ. /大吃一惊；目瞪口呆/astounded; astonished; overcome with surprise. In the film Flubber, the hero invents a remarkable substance whose amazing properties leave his coworkers flabbergasted. flabbergast,V.
flaccid
flaccidADJ. /软弱的；无活力的/flabby. His sedentary life had left him with flaccid muscles.
flag
flagV. /萎缩；衰退/droop; grow feeble. When the opposing hockey team scored its third goal only minutes into the first quarter, the home team’s spirits flagged. flagging,ADJ.
flair
flairN. /才能/talent. She has an uncanny flair for discovering new artists before the public has become aware of their existence.
flamboyant
flamboyantADJ. /华丽的/ornate. Modern architecture has discarded the flamboyant trimming on buildings and emphasizes simplicity of line.
flaunt
flauntV. /招摇；炫耀/display ostentatiously. Mae West saw nothing wrong with showing off her considerable physical charms, saying, “Honey, if you’ve got it, flaunt it!”
fleck
fleckV. /使起斑点/spot. Her cheeks, flecked with tears, were testimony to the hours of weeping.
fledgling
fledglingADJ. /无经验的/inexperienced. While it is necessary to provide these fledgling poets with an opportunity to present their work, it is not essential that we admire everything they write. also N.
fleece
fleeceN. /羊毛外套/wool coat of a sheep. They shear sheep of their fleece, which they then comb into separate strands of wool.
fleece
fleeceV. /抢劫；诈骗/rob; plunder. The tricksters fleeced him of his inheritance.
flick
flickN. /轻弹；轻打/light stroke as with a whip. The horse needed no encouragement; one flick of the whip was all the jockey had to apply to get the animal to run at top speed.
