Pile 5 Flashcards
Facile
- (adj.) easy, requiring little effort
(This game is so facile that even a four-year- old can master it.)
- (adj.) superficial, achieved with minimal thought or care, insincere
(The business was in such shambles that any solution seemed facile at best; nothing could really helpit in the long-run.)
Fallacious
adj.) incorrect, misleading
Emily offered me cigarettes on the fallacious assumption that I smoked.
Fastidious
(adj.) meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards
Mark is so fastidious that he is never able to finish a project because it always seems imperfect to him.)
Fathom
(v.) to understand, comprehend
Fatuous
(adj.) silly, foolish
He considers himself a serious poet, but in truth, he only writes fatuous limericks.
adj.) incorrect, misleading
Fallacious
- (adj.) easy, requiring little effort
2. (adj.) superficial, achieved with minimal thought or care, insincere
Facile
(adj.) meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards
Fastidious
(adj.) silly, foolish
Fatuous
Fecund
(adj.) fruitful, fertile
The fecund tree bore enough apples to last us through the entire season.
Felicitous
- (adj.) well suited, apt
While his comments were idiotic and rambling, mine were felicitous and helpful.
- (adj.) delightful, pleasing
I spent a felicitous afternoon visiting old friends.
Garish
(adj.) gaudy, in bad taste
Mrs. Watson has poor taste and covers every object in her house with a garish gold lamé.
Garrulous
(adj.) talkative, wordy
Some talk show hosts are so garrulous that their guests can’t get a word in edgewise.
Genial
(adj.) friendly, affable
Although he’s been known to behave like a real jerk, I would say that my brother is an overall genial guy.
(adj.) fruitful, fertile
Fecund
- (adj.) well suited, apt
2. (adj.) delightful, pleasing
Felicitous
(adj.) gaudy, in bad taste
Garish
(adj.) talkative, wordy
Garrulous
(adj.) friendly, affable
Genial
Goat
(v.) to urge, spur, incite to action
Jim may think he’s not going to fight Billy, but Billy will goad Jim on with insults until he throws a punch.
Gourmand
(n.) someone fond of eating and drinking
My parents, who used to eat little more than crackers and salad, have become real gourmands in their old age.
Grandiloquence
(n.) lofty, pompous language
The student thought her grandiloquence would make her sound smart, but neither the class nor the teacher bought it.
Hackneyed
(adj.) unoriginal, trite
A girl can only hear “I love you” so many times before it begins to sound hackneyed and meaningless.
(v.) to urge, spur, incite to action
Goat
(n.) someone fond of eating and drinking
Gourmand
(n.) lofty, pompous language
Grandiloquence
(adj.) unoriginal, trite
Hackneyed
Hapless
(adj.) unlucky
My poor, hapless family never seems to pick a sunny week to go on vacation.
Hallowed
(adj.) revered, consecrated
In the hallowed corridors of the cathedral, the disturbed professor felt himself to be at peace.
Harangue
- (n.) a ranting speech
Everyone had heard the teacher’s harangue about gum chewing in class before.
- (v.) to give such a speech
But this time the teacher harangued the class about the importance of brushing your teeth after chewing gum.
(adj.) unlucky
Hapless
(adj.) revered, consecrated
Hallowed
- (n.) a ranting speech
2. (v.) to give such a speech
Harangue
