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semester 2 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fallible | capable of error |
| fallow | inactive; unproductive |
| fatalistic | believing that all events in life are inevitable and determined by fate |
| fawn | to act slavishly submissive |
| fealty | obligated loyalty or faithfulness |
| feign | to pretend |
| feisty | aggressive; lively; energetic |
| felicity | happiness |
| farcical | absurd; ludicrous |
| felonious | pertaining to or constituting a major crime |
| fester | to grow embittered over time; to rot |
| fiat | an official order |
| fidelity | faithfulness; loyalty |
| Filch | to steal |
| Filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| Ped/Pod | foot |
| Phob | fear |
| Scop | to watch, view |
| Port | to carry, to bring |
| flagrant | glaringly bad; outrageous |
| fluent | able to express oneself easily and clearly |
| flux | a state of continual change or movement |
| foible | a minor weakness in character |
| frivolous | trivial; silly |
| futile | useless |
| gaff | A large hook |
| gait | manner of walking |
| gambit | a maneuver or action used to gain an advantage |
| gape | to stare with an open mouth |
| fracas | a loud quarrel or fight |
| stru/struct | to build |
| garble | distort; confuse; muddle |
| genealogy | family history |
| genesis | beginning; origin |
| ghastly | horrible; frightful |
| scib/script | to write |
| tempor | time |
| therm | heat |
| Gird | to encircle as with a belt; to prepare as for action |
| gorge | to eat or swallow greedily |
| granary | a storehouse for grain |
| gratify | to please or satisfy |
| guile | sly or cunning intelligence |
| harp | to persist in talking continuously |
| havoc | great destruction; chaos |
| hilarity | gaiety; joviality |
| tract | to man |
| ven/vent | to come |
| anthro | man |
| gist | the main point |
| glean | to collect or find out slowly |
| glutinous | gluey; sticky |
| Gothic | medieval; type of fiction that uses remote |
| gull | to cheat |
| gyrate | to rotate |
| haughty | arrogant |
| -ology | study of |