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Boda Vocab 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fastidious (adj.) | excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please; finicky |
| Fatuous (adj.) | foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly |
| Fecund (adj.) | producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful; excessively productive |
| Foment (v) | to instigate or foster; promote the growth or development of; instigate |
| Frenetic (adj.) | frantic; frenzied |
| Garrulous (adj.) | excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially in trivial matters; pointless and annoying talk |
| Grandiloquent (adj.) | speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic |
| Grandiose (adj.) | affectedly grand or important; pompous |
| Gregarious (adj.) | fond of the company of others; sociable |
| Hackneyed (adj.) | made commonplace or trite; stale; banal |
| Harbinger (n) | a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald; signal yet to come |
| Hegemony (n) | leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over the others, as in a confederation |
| Hermetic (adj.) | made airtight by fusion or sealing; impervious to external influence |
| Hiatus (n) | a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. |
| Histrionic (adj.) | of or pertaining to actors or acting |
| Idyllic (adj.) | extremely happy or picturesque |
| Ignominy (n) | disgrace; dishonor; public contempt |
| Imminent (adj.) | likely to occur at any moment; impending |
| Immutable (adj.) | unchangeable; changeless |
| Impervious (adj.) | not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable |