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Eng.9 List #7 Vocab.
2023 English 9 Honors,, List (Week) #7 Vocab.
Term | Definition |
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factious (adj.) | relating or inclined to a state of faction. |
fastidious (adj.) | very attentive to or concerned about accuracy,, detail,, or cleanliness. |
fatuous (adj.) | silly and pointless. |
fecund (adj.) | producing or capable of producing offspring or new growth. |
ferret (v.) (n.) | to tenaciously search for something. a rare weasel |
fervent (adj.) | having or displaying a passionate intensity. |
fetish (n.) | an excessive and irrational devotion to a particular thing,, typically sexual. |
finesse (n.) | intricate and refined delicacy. |
fiscal (adj.) | relating to government revenue,, typically taxes. |
fissure (n.) | a long,, narrow opening or line of breakage that was produced by a crack or split in the Earth. |
flaccid (adj.) | lacking force or effectiveness. relative to body parts,, to softly hang loose or limp,, often looking or feeling unpleasant. |
flagellate (v.) | to flog someone,, either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification. |
flaunt (v.) | to display something or someone ostentatiously,, especially in order to provoke envy,, admiration,, or to show defiance. to dress in a sexually provocative way. |
flout (v.) | to openly disregard something,, often a rule,, law,, or convention. |
foment (v.) | to instigate or stir up something,, often an undesirable or violent course of action. |