List 2E Flashcards
facetious
Amusing.
facility
Ease.
facsimile
An exact copy or reproduction.
faction
A number of persons combined for a common purpose.
factious
Turbulent.
fallacious
Illogical.
fallacy
Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning.
fallible
Capable of erring.
fallow
Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.
fanatic
A religious zealot.
fastidious
Hard to please.
fealty
Loyalty.
felonious
Showing criminal or evil purpose.
ferocious
Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature.
gait
Carriage of the body in going.
gallant
Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.
gambol
Playful leaping or frisking.
gamut
The whole range or sequence.
garrote
To execute by strangling.
generic
Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.
genesis
Creation.
genteel
Well-bred or refined.
germane
Relevant.
germinate
To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form.
gesticulate
To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech.
gesture
A movement or action of the hands or face for expression.
ghastly
Hideous.
gibe
To utter taunts or reproaches.
glacial
Icy, or icily cold.
glutinous
Sticky.
gluttonous
Given to excess in eating.
gnash
To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage.
gossamer
Flimsy.
gourmand
A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.
graceless
Ungracious.
gradation
A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series.
gradient
Moving or advancing by steps.
grandeur
The quality of being grand or admirably great.
grandiloquent
Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style.
grapple
To take hold of.
indefinitely
In a vague or uncertain way.
indelible
That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed.
indestructible
That can not be destroyed.
indigence
Poverty.
indigestible
Not digestible, or difficult to digest.
indiscernible
Not perceptible.
indiscreet
Lacking wise judgment.
indiscriminate
Promiscuous.
indistinct
Vague.
indolent
Habitually inactive or idle.
