Vocabulary Builder F

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.