SAT- F Flashcards
Fabricated
constructed, invented
Facade
front, superficial appearance
Facetious
witty, humorous
Facile
easily accomplished, seeming to lack sincerity or depth, arrived at without due effort
Factual
real
Fallacious
tending to deceive or mislead, based on a fallacy
Fallow
uncultivated, unused
Falsify
misrepresent, state untruthfully
Fanatical
acting excesssively enthusiastic, filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
Fanfare
a showy public display
Fastidious
careful with details
Fathom
penetrate the meaning of
Fatuous
stupid, foolishly self-satisfied
Favoritism
partiality to one side
Fawn
to grovel
Febrile
feverish, marked by intense emotion or activity
Feckless
ineffective, worthless
Fecund
fertile, fruitful, productive
Feign
to pretend, to give a false appearance of
Felicitous
suitable, appropriate, well spoken
Feral
suggestive of a wild beast, not domesticated
Fertile
highly productive, prolific
Fervid
passionate, intense, zealous
Fetid
foul-smelling, putrid
Fetter
to bind, chain, confine
Fickle
erratically unstable about affections
Fictive
fictional, relating to imaginative creation
Fidelity
loyalty, faithfulness
Figurative
symbolic
Filibuster
to use obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speech making, in order to delay something
Finite
having bounds
Firebrand
one who stirs up trouble
Fission
process of splitting into two parts
Fitful
intermittent, lacking steadiness, characterized by irregular bursts of activity
Flabbergast
astound
Flaccid
limp, flabby, weak
Flag
to decline in vigor, strength, or interest
Flagrant
outrageous, shameless
Flank
to put on the sides of
Flaunt
to show off
Flaw
imperfection, defect
Flee
run away from
Flippancy
casualness, inappropriate pertness
Flippant
marked by disrespectful lighthearted-ness or casualness
Florid
gaudy, extremely ornate, ruddy, flushed
Flourish
prosper, thrive
Flout
to scorn, to disregard with contempt
Fodder
raw material, as for artistic creation, readily abundant ideas or images
Foible
minor weakness or character flaw
Foil
something used to contrast withs omething else
Foment
abet
Forbearance
patience, restraint, leniency
Ford
to cross a body of water by wading
Forego
to precede, to go ahead of
Foreshadow
to indicate beforehand
Forge
to advance gradually but steadily
Forgery
something counterfeit or fraudulent, pertaining to a document
Forgo
to do without, to abstain from
Forlorn
dreary, deserted, unhappy
Formidable
fearsome, daunting, tending to inspire awe or wonder
Forswear
to repudiate, renounce, disclaim, reject
Forte
strong point, something a person does well
Fortitude
strength of mind that allows one to encounter adversity with courage
Fortuitous
by chance, especially by favorable chance
Forum
public place for discussion, a public discussion
Founder
to fall helplessly, to sink
Fracas
noisy dispute
Fractious
unruly, rebellious
Fraud
deception, hoax
Frenetic
frantic, frenzied
Frivolous
pretty, trivial
Frolicsome
frisky, playful
Frugal
thrifty, cheap
Frugality
tending to be thrifty or cheap
Fulsome
abundant, flatttering in an insincere way
Fundamental
basic, essential
Furlough
a leave of absence, especially granted to soldier or a prisoner
Furtive
sly, with hidden motives
Futile
useless, hopeless