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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fabricate | build; -lie; make up (a story) in order to deceive; Ex. fabricate the whole story; CF. fabric: underlying structure; Ex. fabric of society |
| facade(fa\c{c}ade) | front or face (of building); superficial or false appearance |
| facet | small plane surface (of a gem(precious stone)); a side |
| facetious | joking (often inappropriately); unserious; humorous |
| facile | easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; |
| facilitate | help bring about; make less difficult |
| facsimile | copy |
| faction | party; clique (within a large group); dissension |
| dissension | disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group |
| factious | inclined to form factions; causing dissension |
| factitious | artificial; produced artificially; sham; false; Ex. factitious tears |
| factotum | handyman; person who does all kinds of work; CF. do everything |
| faculty | mental or bodily powers; teaching staff |
| fallacious | false; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument |
| fallible | liable to err |
| falsify | make (something written) false by changing |
| fallow | (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality); uncultivated |
| sow | plant or scatter seed |
| falter | hesitate; weaken in purpose or action; walk or move unsteadily through weakness; N. |
| stumble | trip and almost fall; proceed unsteadily; act falteringly; N. |
| fanaticism | excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause; N. fanatic; ADJ. fanatic |
| fancied | imagined; unreal |
| fancier | breeder or dealer of animals; one who has a special interest, as for raising specific plant or animal |
| fanciful | whimsical; visionary; imaginary; produced by imagination; Ex. fanciful scheme |
| fancy | imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature); capricious liking; V: imagine; be fond of; ADJ. decorative; elaborate |
| fanfare | call by bugles or trumpets; showy display; spectacular public display |
| farce | broad comedy; mockery; humorous play full of silly things happening; ADJ. farcical |
| fastidious | difficult to please; squeamish; fussy; finicky |
| squeamish | easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things; fastidious; Ex. A nurse should not be squeamish. |
| fatalism | belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control; ADJ. fatalistic; CF. fatal: causing death |
| fathom | comprehend; investigate; determine the depth of; N. unit of measurement for the depth of water |
| fathomless | too deep to be measured or understood; unfathomable |
| fatuous | smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly; N. fatuity, fatuousness |
| fauna | animals of a period or region; CF. flora |
| fawning | courting favor by cringing and flattering; V. fawn: exhibit affection as a dog; seek favor or attention by obsequiousness |
| court | attempt to gain; seek; woo; risk; behave so as to invite; attempt to gain the favor of by attention; Ex. court disaster |
| faze | disconcert; dismay; embarrass |
| feasible | practical; able to be carried out; practicable |
| febrile | feverish |
| fecundity | fertility; fruitfulness; ADJ. fecund: very productive of crops or young |
| fertile | producing many young, fruits, or seeds; (of land) producing good crops; V. fertilize |
| fruitful | producing results; profitable; prolific; producing in abundance |
| feign | pretend |
| feint | trick; shift; sham blow; feigned attack to draw away defensive action; V. |
| shift | change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group |
| 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 | cruel; (of a disease) deadly |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| fervent | ardent; zealous; hot |
| fervid | ardent; zealous; hot |
| impassioned | (of speech) filled with passion; fervent |
| 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 |
| foul | very bad or disagreeable; very dirty; Ex. foul smell/flavor/temper/language/air/deed/weather/means; N. act against the rules; V. make or become foul; commit a 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 |
| 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 |
| 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; appear; con |
| figurine | small ornamental statuette(very small statue) |
| filch | steal (things of small value) |
| pilfer | steal things of small value; filch; snitch |
| 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 |
| freebooter | pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich |
| bust | piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest; V: break up; arrest; Ex. crimebuster |
| filigree | delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork |
| lace | cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe); delicate fabric made of fine threads; V: draw together by tying a lace |
| filing | particle removed by a file |
| finale | conclusion; concluding part |
| 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 |
| fussy | fastidious; finicky; easily upset |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| finite | limited |
| firebrand | piece of burning wood; hothead; troublemaker; person who stirs up trouble |
| hothead | person who does things too quickly without thinking; ADJ. hotheaded |
| fissure | crevice; crack |
| fitful | spasmodic; intermittent; irregular |
| fit | sudden outburst of an illness or feeling; convulsion caused by epilepsy |
| flaccid | flabby; lacking firmness; weak; Ex. flaccid muscles |
| limp | walk lamely; ADJ: lacking firmness; weak |
| flag | droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or strength; ADJ. flagging; CF. unflagging |
| droop | bend or hang downward; become weakened; Ex. His shoulders drooped with tiredness; N. |
| flagrant | conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive; blatant; outrageous |
| outrage | act of extreme violence or viciousness; resentful anger; V: commit an outrage on; produce anger in; ADJ. outrageous: offensive |
| 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 |
| thresh | beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw |
| toss | throw lightly; move or lift (the head) with a sudden motion; flip (a coin) to decide something |
| flair | talent |
| flamboyant | ornate; highly elaborate; richly colored; ostentatious; showy; CF. flame |
| 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 |
| shear | remove (fleece or hair) by cutting; remove the hair or fleece from; cut with or as if with shears; N: shears; pair of scissors |
| trickster | person who cheats people |
| 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 |
| flutter | (of a bird with large wings) wave (the wings) lightly, rapidly, and irregularly; vibrate rapidly or erratically; fly by waving quickly; flitter; N. |
| flinch | hesitate; shrink back (in fear of something unpleasant); Ex. She did not flinch in the face of danger. |
| flippant | lacking proper seriousness; Ex. flippant remarks about death; N. flippancy |
| flip | send (something) spinning, often into the air, by striking with a light quick blow; turn over; Ex. flip over |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| blush | become red in the face (from embarrassment or shame); become red or rosy; N. |
| tinge | give a slight degree of a color or quality to; N: slight degree of a color or quality; Ex. tinged with grey/jealousy |
| tint | slight degree of color; V: give a tint to |
| flowery | full of flowers; full of ornate expressions |
| flotsam | drifting wreckage |
| jetsam | things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship) |
| flounder | struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter (as in water, mud, snow, etc.); proceed in confusion |
| thrash | beat with a whip or flail; defeat utterly; talk about thoroughly in order to find the answer; move wildly or violently; Ex. The fishes thrashed about in the net. |
| 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 |
| curb | chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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