Voc 161-180 Flashcards
Already accomplished; done
Fait accompli (Noun)
Intended to be funny, often inappropriately
Facetious (Adj)
Artificially produced, high-pitched, male singing voice
Falsetto (Noun)
Ridiculous, absurd
Farcical (Noun)
A pleasing quality or manner, especially in art or language, great happiness
Felicity (Noun)
To restrain, hinder, hamper
Fetter (Verb)
Flabby; lacking in vigor or force
Flaccid (Adj)
To move with exaggerated, jerky motions; to leave suddenly, as in a huff
Flounce (Verb
To hold back, abstain; to control oneself when provoked
Forbear (Verb)
A person from whom one is descended
Forebear (Noun)
To instigate or stir up [revolution or strife]
Foment (Verb)
An enthusiast on the subject of France and French culture
Francophile (Noun)
To murder one’s brother or sister, or one who is like a brother or sister
Fratricide (Noun)
Charged with, filled with
Fraught (Adjective)
Stealthy, secretive, sly, surreptitious
Furtive (Adjective)
Tremendous in size or volume, gigantic
Gargantuan (Adjective)
Rambling, chatty, annoyingly talkative
Garrulous (Adjective)
Pregnancy; period in which anything grows and develops
Gestation (Noun)
To make gestures, especially when speaking
Gesticulate (Verb)
To skin under water, to fail
Founder (Verb)