Vocab F

Question 1

Facetious

Answer 1

adj. not intended to be taken seriously

Question 2

Fallacy

Answer 2

n. a false idea

Question 3

Fallible

Answer 3

adj. capable of making a mistake

Question 4

Fallow

Answer 4

adj. not in use

Question 5

Fastidious

Answer 5

adj. giving careful attention to detail; hard to please

Question 6

Fatuous

Answer 6

Foolish and silly

Question 7

Fawn

Answer 7

v. to seek attention through flattery

Question 8

Fecund

Answer 8

adj. productive; fruitful

Question 9

Felicity

Answer 9

n. pleasing and appropriate style; happiness

Question 10

Fervid

Answer 10

adj. hot or passionate

Question 11

Fetid

Answer 11

adj. stinky; smelling of decay

Question 12

Flippant

Answer 12

adj. disrespectful; lacking seriousness

Question 13

Flotsam

Answer 13

n. floating wreckage or useless, discarded items

Question 14

Foible

Answer 14

n. a minor flaw or weakness of character

Question 15

Fomentation

Answer 15

n. a push for trouble or rebellion

Question 16

Foppish

Answer 16

adj. affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner

Question 17

Ford

Answer 17

n. a shallow portion of a river used for crossing

Question 18

Formidable

Answer 18

adj. causing fear due to powerful strength

Question 19

Fortuitous

Answer 19

adj. fortunate; by chance

Question 20

Foster

Answer 20

v. to encourage to care for

Question 21

Fractious

Answer 21

adj. unruly; irritable

Question 22

Frenetic

Answer 22

adj. frantic

Question 23

Frivolous

Answer 23

adj. not serious; silly

Question 24

Frugal

Answer 24

adj. characterized by the avoidance of excessive spending

Question 25

Fulminate

Answer 25

v. to explode loudly or to loudly pronounce

Question 26

Furtive

Answer 26

adj. sneaky