1784 | fabricate | v. | To invent fancifully or falsely. |
1785 | fabulous | adj. | Incredible. |
1786 | facet | n. | One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem. |
1787 | facetious | adj. | Amusing. |
1788 | facial | adj. | Pertaining to the face. |
1789 | facile | adj. | Not difficult to do. |
1790 | facilitate | v. | To make more easy. |
1791 | facility | n. | Ease. |
1792 | facsimile | n. | An exact copy or reproduction. |
1793 | faction | n. | A number of persons combined for a common purpose. |
1794 | factious | adj. | Turbulent. |
1795 | fallacious | adj. | Illogical. |
1796 | fallacy | n. | Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning. |
1797 | fallible | adj. | Capable of erring. |
1798 | fallow | n. | Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest. |
1799 | famish | v. | To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst. |
1800 | fanatic | n. | A religious zealot. |
1801 | fancier | n. | One having a taste for or interest in special objects. |
1802 | fanciless | adj. | Unimaginative. |
1803 | fastidious | adj. | Hard to please. |
1804 | fathom | n. | A measure of length, 6 feet. |
1805 | fatuous | adj. | Idiotic |
1806 | faulty | adj. | Imperfect. |
1807 | faun | n. | One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet. |
1808 | fawn | n. | A young deer. |
1809 | fealty | n. | Loyalty. |
1810 | feasible | adj. | That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable. |
1811 | federate | v. | To league together. |
1812 | feint | n. | Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement. |
1813 | felicitate | v. | To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event. |
1814 | felicity | n. | A state of well-founded happiness. |
1815 | felon | n. | A criminal or depraved person. |
1816 | felonious | adj. | Showing criminal or evil purpose. |
1817 | felony | n. | One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment. |
1818 | feminine | adj. | Characteristic of woman or womankind. |
1819 | fernery | n. | A place in which ferns are grown. |
1820 | ferocious | adj. | Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature. |
1821 | ferocity | n. | Savageness. |
1822 | fervent | adj. | Ardent in feeling. |
1823 | fervid | adj. | Intense. |
1824 | fervor | n. | Ardor or intensity of feeling. |
1825 | festal | adj. | Joyous. |
1826 | festive | adj. | Merry. |
1827 | fete | n. | A festival or feast. |
1828 | fetus | n. | The young in the womb or in the egg. |
1829 | feudal | adj. | Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal. |
1830 | feudalism | n. | The feudal system. |
1831 | fez | n. | A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel. |
1832 | fiasco | n. | A complete or humiliating failure. |
1833 | fickle | adj. | Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose. |
1834 | fictitious | adj. | Created or formed by the imagination. |
1835 | fidelity | n. | Loyalty. |
1836 | fiducial | adj. | Indicative of faith or trust. |
1837 | fief | n. | A landed estate held under feudal tenure. |
1838 | filibuster | n. | One who attempts to obstruct legislation. |
1839 | finale | n. | Concluding performance. |
1840 | finality | n. | The state or quality of being final or complete. |
1841 | finally | adv. | At last. |
1842 | financial | adj. | Monetary. |
1843 | financier | n. | One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations. |
1844 | finery | n. | That which is used to decorate the person or dress. |
1845 | finesse | n. | Subtle contrivance used to gain a point. |
1846 | finite | adj. | Limited. |
1847 | fiscal | adj. | Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government. |
1848 | fishmonger | n. | One who sells fish. |
1849 | fissure | n. | A crack or crack-like depression. |
1850 | fitful | adj. | Spasmodic. |
1851 | fixture | n. | One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position. |
1852 | flag-officer | n. | The captain of a flag-ship. |
1853 | flagrant | adj. | Openly scandalous. |
1854 | flamboyant | adj. | Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste. |
1855 | flatulence | n. | Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels. |
1856 | flection | n. | The act of bending. |
1857 | fledgling | n. | A young bird. |
1858 | flexible | adj. | Pliable. |
1859 | flimsy | adj. | Thin and weak. |
1860 | flippant | adj. | Having a light, pert, trifling disposition. |
1861 | floe | n. | A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice. |
1862 | flora | n. | The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district. |
1863 | floral | adj. | Pertaining to flowers. |
1864 | florid | adj. | Flushed with red. |
1865 | florist | n. | A dealer in flowers. |
1866 | fluctuate | v. | To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another. |
1867 | fluctuation | n. | Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another. |
1868 | flue | n. | A smoke-duct in a chimney. |
1869 | fluent | adj. | Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas. |
1870 | fluential | adj. | Pertaining to streams. |
1871 | flux | n. | A state of constant movement, change, or renewal. |
1872 | foggy | adj. | Obscure. |
1873 | foible | n. | A personal weakness or failing. |
1874 | foist | v. | To palm off. |
1875 | foliage | n. | Any growth of leaves. |
1876 | folio | n. | A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once. |
1877 | folk-lore | n. | The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people. |
1878 | fondle | v. | To handle tenderly and lovingly. |
1879 | foolery | n. | Folly. |
1880 | foot-note | n. | A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column. |
1881 | foppery | n. | Dandyism. |
1882 | foppish | adj. | Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners. |
1883 | forbearance | n. | Patient endurance or toleration of offenses. |
1884 | forby | adv. | Besides. |
1885 | forcible | adj. | Violent. |
1886 | forecourt | n. | A court opening directly from the street. |
1887 | forejudge | v. | To judge of before hearing evidence. |
1888 | forepeak | n. | The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck. |
1889 | foreshore | n. | That part of a shore uncovered at low tide. |
1890 | forebode | v. | To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil. |
1891 | forecast | v. | To predict. |
1892 | forecastle | n. | That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds. |
1893 | foreclose | v. | To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property. |
1894 | forefather | n. | An ancestor. |
1895 | forego | v. | To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of. |
1896 | foreground | n. | That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator. |
1897 | forehead | n. | The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair. |
1898 | foreign | adj. | Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country. |
1899 | foreigner | n. | A citizen of a foreign country. |
1900 | foreknowledge | n. | Prescience. |
1901 | foreman | n. | The head man. |
1902 | foreordain | v. | To predetermine. |
1903 | foreordination | n. | Predestination. |
1904 | forerun | v. | To go before as introducing or ushering in. |
1905 | foresail | n. | A square sail. |
1906 | foresee | v. | To discern beforehand. |
1907 | foresight | n. | Provision against harm or need. |
1908 | foretell | v. | To predict. |
1909 | forethought | n. | Premeditation. |
1910 | forfeit | v. | To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation. |
1911 | forfend | v. | To ward off. |
1912 | forgery | n. | Counterfeiting. |
1913 | forgo | v. | To deny oneself. |
1914 | formation | n. | Relative disposition of parts. |
1915 | formidable | adj. | Difficult to accomplish. |
1916 | formula | n. | Fixed rule or set form. |
1917 | forswear | v. | To renounce upon oath. |
1918 | forte | n. | A strong point. |
1919 | forth | adv. | Into notice or view. |
1920 | forthright | adv. | With directness. |
1921 | fortify | v. | To provide with defensive works. |
1922 | fortitude | n. | Patient courage. |
1923 | foursome | adj. | Consisting of four. |
1924 | fracture | n. | A break. |
1925 | fragile | adj. | Easily broken. |
1926 | frailty | n. | Liability to be broken or destroyed. |
1927 | fragile | adj. | Capable of being broken. |
1928 | frankincense | n. | A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes. |
1929 | frantic | adj. | Frenzied. |
1930 | fraternal | adj. | Brotherly. |
1931 | fraudulence | n. | Deceitfulness. |
1932 | fraudulent | adj. | Counterfeit. |
1933 | fray | v. | To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads. |
1934 | freemason | n. | A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans. |
1935 | freethinker | n. | One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion. |
1936 | free | trade | n. Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs. |
1937 | frequency | n. | The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space. |
1938 | fresco | n. | The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings. |
1939 | freshness | n. | The state, quality, or degree of being fresh. |
1940 | fretful | adj. | Disposed to peevishness. |
1941 | frightful | adj. | Apt to induce terror or alarm. |
1942 | frigid | adj. | Lacking warmth. |
1943 | frigidarium | n. | A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc. |
1944 | frivolity | n. | A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice. |
1945 | frivolous | adj. | Trivial. |
1946 | frizz | v. | To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to. |
1947 | frizzle | v. | To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair. |
1948 | frolicsome | adj. | Prankish. |
1949 | frontier | n. | The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country. |
1950 | frowzy | adj. | Slovenly in appearance. |
1951 | frugal | adj. | Economical. |
1952 | fruition | n. | Fulfillment. |
1953 | fugacious | adj. | Fleeting. |
1954 | fulcrum | n. | The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns. |
1955 | fulminate | v. | To cause to explode. |
1956 | fulsome | adj. | Offensive from excess of praise or commendation. |
1957 | fumigate | v. | To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection. |
1958 | functionary | n. | An official. |
1959 | fundamental | adj. | Basal. |
1960 | fungible | adj. | That may be measured, counted, or weighed. |
1961 | fungous | adj. | Spongy. |
1962 | fungus | n. | A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom. |
1963 | furbish | v. | To restore brightness or beauty to. |
1964 | furlong | n. | A measure, one-eighth of a mile. |
1965 | furlough | n. | A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer. |
1966 | furrier | n. | A dealer in or maker of fur goods. |
1967 | further | adj. | More distant or advanced. |
1968 | furtherance | n. | Advancement. |
1969 | furtive | adj. | Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief. |
1970 | fuse | v. | To unite or blend as by melting together. |
1971 | fusible | adj. | Capable of being melted by heat. |
1972 | futile | adj. | Of no avail or effect. |
1973 | futurist | n. | A person of expectant temperament. |
Friday, 7 May 2010
Vocabulary Builder F
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