Vocab 161-180

Question 0

Fait accompli

Answer 0

already accomplished; done

Question 1

Facetious

Answer 1

intended to be funny, often inappropriately

Question 2

Falsetto

Answer 2

artificially produced, high-pitched, male singing voice

Question 3

Farical

Answer 3

ridiculous, absurd

Question 4

Felicity

Answer 4

a pleasing quality or manner, especially in art or language; great happiness

Question 5

Fetter

Answer 5

to restrain, hinder, hamper

Question 6

Flaccid

Answer 6

flabby; lacking vigor or force

Question 7

Flounce

Answer 7

to move with exaggerated, jerky motions; to leave suddenly, as in a huff

Question 8

Fomet

Answer 8

To investigate to stir up

Question 9

Forbear

Answer 9

to hold back, abstain; to control oneself when provoked

Question 10

Forebear

Answer 10

a person from whom one is descended

Question 11

Founder

Answer 11

To sink underwater to fail

Question 12

Francophile

Answer 12

an enthusiast on the subject of France and French culture

Question 13

Fratricide

Answer 13

to murder one’s brother or sister, or one who is like a brother or sister

Question 14

Fraught

Answer 14

charged with; filled with

Question 15

Furtive

Answer 15

stealthy, secretive, sly, surreptitious

Question 16

Gargantuan

Answer 16

tremendous in size or volume; gigantic

Question 17

Garrulous

Answer 17

rambling, chatty, annoyingly talkative

Question 18

Gestation

Answer 18

pregnancy; period in which anything grows and develops

Question 19

Gesticulate

Answer 19

to make gestures, especially when speaking