| Question |
Answer |
| feasible |
practical; able to be carried out; practicable |
| feature |
distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth); features: overall appearance of the face; prominent or distinctive quality; prominent article; film; V: make prominent |
| febrile |
feverish |
| fecundity |
fertility; fruitfulness; ADJ. fecund: very productive of crops or young |
| feebleminded |
deficient in intelligence; very stupid |
| feign |
pretend |
| feint |
trick; shift; sham blow; feigned attack to draw away defensive action; V. |
| felicitous |
(of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen |
| felicity |
happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.); quality of being felicitous |
| feline |
of a member of the cat family; N. |
| fell |
cut or knock down (a tree or a person); bring down (with a missile) |
| felon |
person convicted of a grave crime; CF. felony: serious crime |
| feral |
(of an animal) not domestic; wild |
| ferment |
agitation; commotion(noisy and excited activity); unrest (of a political kind); V. produce by fermentation; undergo fermentation; cause (a state of trouble) |
| fermentation |
chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds; unrest; agitation |
| ferocious |
fierce; violent; N. ferocity |
| ferret |
drive or hunt out of hiding; hunt with ferrets; drive out (as from a hiding place); expel; uncover or discover by searching; Ex. ferret out the secret; N. small fierce animal which catches rats and rabbits by going into their holes |
| fertile |
producing many young, fruits, or seeds; (of land) producing good crops; V. fertilize |
| fervent |
ardent; zealous; hot |
| fervid |
ardent; zealous; hot |
| fervor |
glowing ardor; intensity of feeling; quality of being fervent or fervid; zeal; intense heat |
| fester |
rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days. |
| festive |
joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival |
| fete(f\^ete) |
honor at a festival; celebrate or honor with a feast; N. (outdoor) festival or feast; CF. feast |
| fetid(foetid) |
malodorous; foul |
| fetish(fetich) |
object believed to have spiritual powers; object of excessive attention or reverence; CF. fetishism |
| fetter |
shackle; restrict the freedom of; N. chain or shackle for the foot of a prisoner; CF. foot |
| feud |
bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families); V. CF. Romeo and Juliet; CF. feudal, feudalism |
| fiasco |
total failure; CF. bottle |
| fiat |
command; arbitrary order; Ex. presidential fiat; CF. let it be done |
| fickle |
changeable (in affections or friendship); faithless |
| fictitious |
imaginary; non-existent; purposely invented to deceive; untrue; Ex. fictitious name/boyfriend; CF. fictional |
| fidelity |
loyalty; accuracy |
| fiend |
evil spirit; devil |
| figment |
invention; something invented; imaginary thing; Ex. figment of your imagination |
| figurative |
not literal but metaphorical; using a figure(impression) of speech |
| figure |
written symbols; number; amount represented in numbers; outline or silhouette of a thing or human body; person (well-known); impression; diagram; pattern; group in a dance; Ex. figure of speech; V. calculate with numbers; adorn with figures; app |
| figurine |
small ornamental statuette(very small statue) |
| filch |
steal (things of small value) |
| filial |
pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter; Ex. filial respect |
| filibuster |
block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches; N; freebooter |
| filigree |
delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork |
| filing |
particle removed by a file |
| filth |
dirty matter; ADJ. filthy |
| finale |
conclusion; concluding part |
| finery |
beautiful clothes for a special occasion |
| finesse |
delicate skill; V: handle with finesse |
| finicky |
too particular; fussy; difficult to please; too concerned with unimportant details or quality; Ex. finicky about her food |
| finish |
surface texture; completeness of execution |
| finished |
properly made and complete; Ex. finished product/performance |
| finite |
limited |
| firebrand |
piece of burning wood; hothead; troublemaker; person who stirs up trouble |
| fissure |
crevice; crack |
| fit |
sudden outburst of an illness or feeling; convulsion caused by epilepsy |
| fitful |
spasmodic; intermittent; irregular |
| flaccid |
flabby; lacking firmness; weak; Ex. flaccid muscles |
| flag |
droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or strength; ADJ. flagging; CF. unflagging |
| flagrant |
conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive; blatant; outrageous |
| flail |
beat with or as if with a flail; move wildly; thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about; N: threshing tool consisting of a stick swinging from the end of a long handle |
| flair |
talent |
| flamboyant |
ornate; highly elaborate; richly colored; ostentatious; showy; CF. flame |
| flashy |
showy; gaudy; giving a momentary brilliance |
| flaunt |
display ostentatiously; Ex. ``Honey, if you've got it, flaunt it !'' |
| flay |
strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly |
| fleck |
spot; mark with flecks; N: small mark or spot |
| fledgling(fledgeling) |
inexperienced; N: young bird that has acquired wing feathers and is learning to fly; inexperienced person |
| fleece |
wool coat of a sheep; V: shear the fleece from; rob by a trick; swindle; plunder |
| fleet |
fast; rapid; N. ADJ. fleeting: passing quickly; ephemeral |
| flick |
light stroke as with a whip; V: move with a light quick blow; strike with a light quick blow (as from a whip); Ex. flick the switch |
| flicker |
burn unsteadily or fitfully; move waveringly; N: flickering movement or light; brief sensation; Ex. flicker of excitement |
| flighty |
(esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious; often changing, esp. from one lover to another; impulsive |
| flinch |
hesitate; shrink back (in fear of something unpleasant); Ex. She did not flinch in the face of danger. |
| flip |
send (something) spinning, often into the air, by striking with a light quick blow; turn over; Ex. flip over |
| flippant |
lacking proper seriousness; Ex. flippant remarks about death; N. flippancy |
| flirt |
behave in a way that attracts (sexual) attention; deal triflingly with; N: one (or woman) given to flirting; ADJ. flirtatious |
| flit |
fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower |
| floe |
flat mass of floating ice |
| flora |
plants of a region or era |
| florescence |
condition or period of flowering |
| florid |
ruddy; (of a complexion) reddish; flowery; very ornate; CF. rose |
| flotsam |
drifting wreckage |
| flounder |
struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter (as in water, mud, snow, etc.); proceed in confusion |
| flourish |
grow well; prosper; make sweeping gestures; wave; brandish; Ex. The trees flourished in the sun. N: showy movement or gesture; embellishment or ornamentation (esp. in handwriting) |
| flout |
reject; mock; show contempt for; scorn; Ex. flout the rules |
| flowery |
full of flowers; full of ornate expressions |
| fluctuate |
waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves; change or vary irregularly |
| fluency |
smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent |
| fluke |
unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune; accidental stroke of good luck; ADJ. fluky |
| flush |
redden; blush; flow suddenly and abundantly; wash out by a rapid brief flow of water; N: reddish tinge; blush; brief rush; rush of strong feeling; Ex. flush of pride; ADJ: having surfaces in the same plane; even; blushing |
| fluster |
confuse; make nervous and confused; N. |
| fluted |
having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar); V. flute: make long parallel inward curves in; N. flute: long rounded groove incised on the shaft of a column |
| flutter |
(of a bird with large wings) wave (the wings) lightly, rapidly, and irregularly; vibrate rapidly or erratically; fly by waving quickly; flitter; N. |
| flux |
flowing; series of changes; fluctuation; Ex. in a state of flux |
| fodder |
coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.; feed for livestock; CF. food |
| foible |
small weakness of character; slight fault; CF. feeble |
| foil |
defeat; frustrate; prevent from being successful; thwart; CF. fail |
| foist |
insert improperly; impose upon another by coercion; palm off; pass off as genuine or worthy; CF. fist |
| foliage |
masses of leaves; CF. defoliate |
| foment |
stir up; incite; instigate; promote the growth of (something evil or unpleasant) |
| foolhardy |
rash; reckless; foolishly daring |
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