Vocab 161-180

Question 1

Facetious

Answer 1

Intended to be funny, often inappropriately

Question 2

Fait accompli

Answer 2

Already accomplished; done

Question 3

Falsetto

Answer 3

Artificially produced, high-pitched, male singing voice

Question 4

Farcical

Answer 4

Ridiculous, absurd

Question 5

Felicity

Answer 5

Great happiness

Question 6

Fetter

Answer 6

To restrain, hinder, hamper

Question 7

Flaccid

Answer 7

Flabby, lacking vigor or force

Question 8

Flounce

Answer 8

To move with exaggerated, jerky motions

Question 9

Foment

Answer 9

To instigate or stir up

Question 10

Forbear

Answer 10

To hold back, astrain

Question 11

Forebear

Answer 11

A person from whom one is descended

Question 12

Founder

Answer 12

To sink under water, to fail

Question 13

Francophile

Answer 13

An enthusiast on the culture of France

Question 14

Fratricide

Answer 14

To murder one’s brother or sister

Question 15

Fraught

Answer 15

Charged or filled with

Question 16

Furtive

Answer 16

Stealthy, secretive, sly

Question 17

Gargantuan

Answer 17

Tremendous in size or volume; gigantic

Question 18

Garrulous

Answer 18

Rambling, chatty, annoyingly talkative

Question 19

Gestation

Answer 19

Pregnancy, period in which something grows or develops

Question 20

Gesticulate

Answer 20

To make gestures, especially when speaking