Flippant - Gaffe

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Word
Definition
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  


   

 
 

 
 

 

 

 
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