Term | Definition |
fallacy | an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief |
fallow | unseeded; inactive; dormant |
fatuous | silly; foolish |
fawn | to flatter or praise excessively |
feckless | ineffectual; irresponsible |
felicitous | apt; suitably expressed; well chosen |
fervent | greatly emotional or zealous |
fetid | stinking; smelly |
fetter | to shackle; to put in chains |
filibuster | intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action |
filigree | an ornamental work, especially of delicate, lace-like patterns |
florid | flowery; ornate; ruddy |
flout | to demonstrate contempt for, as in a rule or convention |
foment | to incite; to rouse |
forbearance | patience; willingness to wait |
forestall | to hinder; to avert |
forswear | to renounce; repudiate |
fortuitous | happening by fortunate accident or chance |
founder | to sink; to fail completely |
fracas | noisy quarrel; brawl |
fractious | quarrelsome; unruly |
frieze | a semi-sculptural, raised-surface strip of ornamental facade on a building |
furtive | marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
gainsay | to deny; to oppose |
gambol | to skip about playfully |
garner | to gather and save; to store up |
garrulous | pointlessly talkative; talking too much |
gauche | crude; awkward |
germane | relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter |
glib | marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth |
gossamer | delicate; insubstantial or tenuous |
grandiloquence | pompous speech or expression |
gratuitous | unnecessary; uncalled for |
gregarious | sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people |
guile | artfulness; trickery; duplicity |