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Word List 20
Flippant - Gaffe
Word | Definition |
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Flippant | lacking proper seriousness |
Flit | to fly; to dart lightly; to pass swiftly by |
Floe | mass of floating ice |
Flora | plants of a region or era |
Florid | ruddy; reddish; rosy; flowery <florid complexion> |
Flotsam | drifting wreckage |
Flounder | to struggle and thrash about; to proceed clumsily or falter |
Flourish | to grow well; to prosper; to make sweeping gestures |
Flout | to reject; to mock |
Fluctuate | to waver; to shift |
Fluency | smoothness of speech |
Fluke | unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune |
Fluster | to confuse |
Fluted | having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar) |
Flux | flowing; series of changes |
Fodder | coarse food for cattle, horses, etc |
Foible | weakness; slight fault |
Foil | contrast |
Foil | to defeat; to frustrate |
Foist | to insert improperly; to palm off |
Foliage | masses of leaves |
Foment | to stir up; to instigate |
Foolhardy | rash |
Foppish | vain about dress and appearance |
Foray | a raid; a quick and sudden attack |
Forbearance | patience |
Ford | place where a river can be crossed on foot |
Forebears | ancestors |
Foreboding | premonition of evil |
Forensic | suitable to debate or courts of law |
Foreshadow | to give an indication beforehand; portend; prefigure |
Foresight | ability to foresee future happenings; prudence |
Forestall | to prevent by taking action in advance |
Forgo | to give up; to do without |
Forlorn | desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance; sad and lonely; forsaken |
Formality | meancing; threatening |
Forsake | to desert; abandon; renounce |
Forswear | to renounce; to abandon |
Forte | strong point or special talent |
Forthright | straightforward; direct; frank |
Fortitude | bravery; courage |
Fortuitous | accidental; by chance |
Foster | to rear; to encourage |
Founder | to fail completely; to sink |
Founder | person who establishes (an org., business) |
Fracas | a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; brawl, melee |
Fractious | unruly |
Frail | weak |
Franchise | right granted by authority; right to vote; license to sell a product in a particular territory |
Frantic | wild |
Fraudulent | cheating; deceitful |
Fraught | filled |
Fray | brawl (noisy quarrel) |
Frenetic | frenzied; frantic |
Frenzied | madly excited |
Fresco | painting on plaster (usually fresh) |
Fret | to be annoyed or vexed |
Friction | clash in opinion; rubbing against |
Frieze | ornamental band on a wall |
Frigid | intensely cold |
Fritter | to waste |
Frivolous | lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently care-free; relatively unimportant |
Frolicsome | prankish; gay |
Frond | fern leaf; palm or banana leaf |
Fructify | to bear fruit |
Frugality | thrift; economy |
Fruition | bearing of bruit; fulfillment; realization |
Frustrate | to thwart; to defeat |
Fugitive | fleeting or transitory; roving (roaming or wandering) |
Fulcrum | support on which a lever rests |
Fulminate | to thunder; to explode |
Fulsome | disgustingly excessive |
Functionary | official |
Fundamental | basic; primary; essential |
Funereal | sad; solemn |
Furor | frenzy; great excitement |
Furtive | stealthy; sneaky <furtive glance> |
Fusillade | simultaneous firing or outburst |
Fusion | union; coalition |
Futile | useless; hopeless; ineffectual |
Gadfly | animal-biting fly; and irritating person |
Gaffe | social blunder |