Vocab F Flashcards
Fallow
Adj instilled, inactive, dormant
Facetious
Adj playful; humorous; not serious
Fatuous
Ask silly, inanely foolish
Fawn
V to flatter or praise excessively
Feckless
Adj ineffectual; irresponsible
Felicitous
Adj apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos; delightful
Fell
N barren or stony hill; an animals hide
Fervent
Adj greatly emotional or zealous
Fetid
Adj stinking, having bad smell
Fetter
V to shackle, put in chains, restrain
Filibuster
N intentional obstruction, usually using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
Filigree
N ornamental work, especially of delicate lace like patterns; resembling such a pattern
Flag
V to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline
Flip
Adj sarcastic, impertinent
Florid
Adj flushed with color, ruddy, ornate
Flout
V to demonstrate contempt for
Foment
V to stir up, incite, rouse
Forbearance
N patience, willingness to wait
Ford
V to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
Forestall
V to act in a way to hinder, exclude or prevent an action, to circumvent or thwart
Forswear
V to renounce, disallow, repudiate
Fortuitous
Adj happening by fortunate accident or chance
Fracas
N noisy fight or quarrel, brawl
Fractious
Adj quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, cranky
Froward
Adj intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubbornly disobedient
Fulminate
V to attack loudly or denounce
Furtive
Adj marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
