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NS Vocab - F
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fait accompli | an irreversible accomplishment |
| fakir | brahmin, lives off food by begging |
| fantasia | a musical composition of free form and impovisation |
| farce | something that is supposed to be serious but turned ridiculous |
| fauna | all the animal life in a specific place/period |
| feint | a distracting or deceptive maneuver |
| fervid | physically or emotionally heated |
| fester | to grow or rot (not in a good way) |
| fetter | to restrict either physically or metaphorically |
| finicky | particular, pointlessly precise |
| fiscal | financial |
| flagrant | outrageously bad |
| fleece | to sheer wool; to rip someone off |
| florid | elaborately or excessively decorated; red cheeks, in good health |
| flux | something that constantly changes |
| foretasta | an early limited awareness of something yet to occur |
| forswear | to give up an idea/habit you had before |
| fortitude | strength in the face of adversity/hardship |
| friable | easily broken into small fragments |
| fulcrum | supporting point of a lever |
| fulminate | cause to explode violently |
| funglible | freely exchangeable |
| funk | feeling sad |