| Term | Definition |
|---|
| fidget | move restlessly make nervous |
| figurehead | carved image on the prow of a ship |
| finesse | delicate way of dealing with a situation |
| finical | too fussy about food clothing etc. |
| finicky | finical |
| fission | splitting or division (esp. of cells) |
| fixate | stare at |
| flak | criticism/anti-aircraft guns |
| flamboyant | brightly colored florid |
| flaunting | show off complacently |
| flax | pale yellow (hair) a plant |
| fledged | able to fly trained experienced |
| fleet | number of ships quick-moving |
| flinch | draw move back wince |
| flop | fail/move/fall clumsily |
| florid | very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face) |
| flout | reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition) |
| fluke | lucky stroke |
| fluster | make nervous or confused |
| foible | defect of character (a person is wrongly proud) |
| foil | prevent from carrying out contrast |
| foment | put something warm (to lessen the pain) |
| foolproof | incapable of failure or error |
| foppish | like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes |
| forage | food for horses and cattle |
| forbear | refrain from be patient ancestor |
| forbearance | patience willingness to wait |
| ford | shallow place in a river (to cross) |
| forestall | prevent by taking action in advance preempt |
| forfeit | suffer the loss of something |
| forge | workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead |
| forgery | counterfeit |
| forswear | renounce disallow repudiate |
| foster | nurture care for |
| fracas | noisy quarrel |
| fragile | easily injured broken or destroyed |
| fragrant | sweet-smelling |
| frantic | wildly excited with joy pain anxiety |
| frenetic | frantic frenzied |
| fret | worry irritation wear away |
| fringe | edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead |
| froward | intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn |
| frugal | careful economical |
| fulmination | bitter protest |
| fulsome | disgusting offensive due to excessiveness |
| gainsay | to deny to oppose |
| garble | make unfair selection from facts |
| garner | to gather and save to store up |
| garrulity | talkativeness |
| garrulous | too talkative |
| gaucherie | socially awkward tactless behavior |
| germane | relevant pertinent to |
| gist | the point general sense |
| glean | gather facts in small quantities |
| glib | ready and smooth but not sincere |
| glimmer | weak/unsteady light |
| gloat | over look at with selfish delight |
| glut | supply to much fill to excess |
| gnaw | waste away bite steadily |
| goad | something urging a person to action |
| gorge | eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream |
| gossamer | soft light delicate material |
| gouge | tool for cutting grooves in wood |
| gourmand | a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess |
| grandiloquent | using pompous words |
| grave | serious requiring consideration |
| graze | touch or scrape lightly in passing |
| gregarious | living in societies liking the company |
| grievous | causing grief or pain serious dire grave |
| grovel | crawl humble oneself |
| guile | deceit cunning |
| gullible | easily gulled |
| gush | burst out suddenly/talk ardently |
| gust | outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc. |
| hack | cut roughly hired horse |
| halcyon | calm and peaceful |
| hallow | to make holy consecrate |
| harangue | a long passionate speech |
| harbinger | something or smb that foretells the coming of |
| harrow | to distress create stress or torment |
| haughty | arrogant conceited |
| heed | attention/give notice to |
| heinous | odious (of crime) |
| heresy | belief contrary to what is generally accepted |
| hermetic | sealed by fusion |
| heterogeneous | made up of different kinds |
| hew | make by hard work cut (by striking) |
| highbrow | (person) with superior tastes |
| hirsute | hairy shaggy |
| hoax | mischievous trick played on smb for a joke |
| hoi | hoi polloi ,the masses ,the rabble |
| hollow | not soled with hole |
| holster | leather case for a pistol |
| homiletics | act of preaching |
| hone | stone used for sharpening tools |
| hoodwink | trick mislead |
| hospitable | liking to give hospitality |
| hubris | arrogant pride |
| hush | make or become silent |
| husk | worthless outside part of anything |
| hypocrisy | falsely making oneself appear to be good |
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