Flippant - Gaffe
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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 |
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