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flippant--gaffe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| flippant | lacking proper seriousness |
| flit | fly;dart lightly;pass swiftly |
| floe | mass of floating ice |
| florid | ruddy;reddish;flowry |
| flotsam | drifting wreckage |
| flounder | struggle & thrash abt;proceed clumsily |
| flout | reject;mock |
| fluke | stroke of fortune |
| fluster | confuse |
| fluted | having vertical parallel grooves |
| flux | flowing;series of changes |
| foible | weakness;slight fault; |
| foil | contrast//defeat |
| foist | insert improperly;palm off |
| foolhardy | rash |
| foppish | vain abt dress and appearance |
| foray | raid |
| forbearance | patience |
| ford | place where a river can be crossed on foot |
| forbears | ancestors |
| foreboding | premonition of evil |
| forensic | suitable to debate or courts of law |
| foreshadow | give and indication before hand |
| forestall | prevent by taking action in advance |
| forlorn | sad & lonely |
| formidable | menacing;threatening |
| forswear | renounce;abandon |
| forte | strong point;special talent |
| forthright | straightforeward;frank |
| fortitude | bravery;courage |
| fortuitous | by chance |
| foster | rear;encourage |
| founder | fail completely;sink//person who establishes |
| fracas | melee;brawl |
| fractious | unruly |
| franchise | right granted by authority;right to vote |
| frantic | wild |
| fraudulent | cheating;deceitful |
| fraught | filled |
| fray | brawl |
| frenetic | frenzied;frantic;madly excited |
| fresco | painting on plaster |
| fret | be annoyed;vexed |
| frieze | ornamental band on wall |
| fritter | waste |
| frivolous | lacking seriousness |
| frolicsome | prankish;gay |
| frond | fern,palm,banana leaf |
| frugality | thrifty;economy |
| fruition | bearing fruit |
| fugitive | fleeting;roving |
| fulminate | thunder;explode |
| functionary | official |
| furor | frenzy;gr8 excitement |
| furtive | stealthy;sneaky |
| fusillade | simultaneous firing or outburst of missiles or questions |
| gadfly | animal-biting fly;an irritating person |
| gaffe | social blunder |