Section 10-All F's

Question 1

Facetious (adj)

Answer 1

humorous; not serious; flippant

Question 2

Fallacy (n)

Answer 2

an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief

Question 3

Fallow (adj)

Answer 3

untilled, inactive, dormant

Question 4

Fanatical (adj)

Answer 4

zealous; single-mindedly obsessed with one thing

Question 5

Fanatic

Answer 5

originated from Latin word for temple because possession by a god or demon could cause someone to behave fanatically; a religious maniac

Question 6

Fatous (adj)

Answer 6

silly, inanely foolish; also has a connotation of smugness to go along with the foolishness

Question 7

Fawn (v)

Answer 7

to flatter or praise excessively

Question 8

Feckless (adj)

Answer 8

ineffectual; irresponsible

Question 9

ineffectual

Answer 9

(of a person) lacking the ability or qualities to cope with a role or situation

Question 10

Felicitous (adj)

Answer 10

apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos; delightful

Question 11

apropos

Answer 11

very appropriate to a particular situation

Question 12

Felicity

Answer 12

state of or something that causes happiness

Question 13

Infelicitous

Answer 13

unfortunate or inappropriate

Question 14

Fell (n)

Answer 14

a barren or stony hill; an animal’s hide

Question 15

Fell (v)

Answer 15

to cut down

Question 16

Fell (adj)

Answer 16

cruel, savage, or lethal

Question 17

Fervent (adj)

Answer 17

greatly emotional or zealous

Question 18

Fervor

Answer 18

passion or intense emotion

Question 19

Fetid (adj)

Answer 19

stinking, having a heavy bad smell

Question 20

Fetter (v)

Answer 20

to shackle, put in chains, restrain

Question 21

Fetters

Answer 21

shackles that are used to bind someone’s feet or ankles together, figuratively: anything that restrains

Question 22

unfettered

Answer 22

free or unhampered

Question 23

Filibuster (n)

Answer 23

intentional obstruction, usually using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action, stalling

Question 24

Filibuster (v)

Answer 24

to obstruct

Question 25

Filigree (n)

Answer 25

an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns; resembling such a pattern

Question 26

Filigree (v)

Answer 26

adorn

Question 27

Flag (v)

Answer 27

to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline

Question 28

unflagging

Answer 28

remaining strong

Question 29

Flip (adj)

Answer 29

sarcastic, impertinent

Question 30

Flippant (adj)

Answer 30

not showing a serious or respectful attitude

Question 31

Flippancy (noun)

Answer 31

frivolousness

Question 32

Florid (adj)

Answer 32

flushed with color, ruddy, ornate

Question 33

Flout (v)

Answer 33

to demonstrate contempt for

Question 34

Foment (v)

Answer 34

to stir up, incite, rouse

Question 35

Ferment (v)

Answer 35

1) to incide, stir up 2)undergo fermentation

Question 36

Forbearance (n)

Answer 36

patience, willingness to wait

Question 37

Forbearance (legal term)

Answer 37

creditor’s agreement not to demand payment of a debt when it is due

Question 38

Forebear (n) (secondary definition)

Answer 38

an acestor

Question 39

Ford (v)

Answer 39

to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

Question 40

Forestall (v)

Answer 40

to act in a way to hinder, exclude, or prevent an action; to circumvent or thwart

Question 41

Forswear (v)

Answer 41

to renounce, disallow, repudiate

Question 42

repudiate

Answer 42

deny the truth or validity of

Question 43

Fortuitous (adj)

Answer 43

happening by fortunate accident or chance

Question 44

Fracas (n)

Answer 44

noisy fight or quarrel, brawl

Question 45

Fractious (adj)

Answer 45

quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, cranky

Question 46

Froward (adj)

Answer 46

intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubbornly disobedient

Question 47

Fulminate (v)

Answer 47

to attack loudly or denounce

Question 48

Furtive (adj)

Answer 48

marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

Question 49

surreptitious

Answer 49

kept secret, especially since it wouldn’t be approved of