ADV GRE VOCABULARY (F)
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Terms | Definitions |
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 FACTION | n. Group or clique within a larger organization; party strife and dissension Sentence: The caucus began in a spirit of unity but now, sadly, is marked by faction and petty squabbles. |
| FALLOW | adj. Left unplanted (of land); not in use Sentence: It is terribly important we make college affordable for underprivileged students, lest great minds lie fallow, and the world never benefits from their genius. |
| FASTIDIOUS | adj. Excessively particular, difficult to please; painstaking, meticulous, requiring excessive attention to detail Sentence: Steve was a fastidious housekeeper, fluffing his couch pillows at least twice a day and never allowing the tiniest speck of dust to settle on any exposed surface. |
| FATUOUS | adj. Foolish, silly, esp. in a smug or complacent manner Sentence: Sadly, every philosophy class seems to have one person who responds to every discussion from metaphysics to ethics with the fatuous question, "But what if we don't really exist?" |
| FAWN | v. Show affection or try to please in the manner of a dog Sentence: Although he was only president of a chain of grocery stores, he was used to being fawned over like a king or rock star. |
| FECUND | adj. Fruitful, fertile; capable of abundantly producing offspring, vegetation, or creative or intellectual work Sentence: While some novelists seem to return to the same themes over and over, Bredlaw's fecund mind produced whole new universes for every story he wrote. |
| FELICITOUS | adj. Admirably appropriate, very well-suited for the occasion; pleasant, fortunate, marked by happiness Sentence: The new father found the balloon remarkably felicitous, especially since the baby's gender had been announced less than a hour ago. |
| FERVID | adj. Very hot; heated in passion or enthusiasm Sentence: He is a fervid fan of Virginia Tech Football, so much so that we've all gotten used to receiving "Go Hokies!" hats and shirts for every birthday. |
| FETID | adj. Stinking; having an offensive smell Sentence: I hate doing your laundry - it's always full of fetid gym socks. |
| FLEDGLING | adj. New or inexperienced Sentence: The Society of Engineers is available for career day presentations in elementary schools, where we hope to encourage fledgling talents in the applied sciences. |
| FLORID | adj. Reddish or rosy; flowery, showy, or excessively fancy Sentence: His writing was so florid that it was hard for modern readers to understand, and unintentionally humorous when they did. He once called a woman in a hoop skirt a "confection of gossamer-clad ephemerality...." |
| FLOUT | v. Treat with disdain, contempt, or scorn (usually of rules) Sentence: He flouted the boarding school's curfew so blatantly that, on his way back from a party that lasted past midnight, he actually stopped by the headmaster's house to say hello to his daughter. |
| FLUKE | n. Stroke of luck, something accidentally successful Sentence: It's amazing that I won the prize during halftime, but I guarantee you, it was just a fluke that I made that basket.... |
| FORAGE | v. Wander in search of; rummage, hunt, make a raid Sentence: It's important to seal your trash cans tightly in this neighborhood, or else you'll get raccoons foraging for food in your backyard. |
| FORD | v. To cross at such a place Sentence: A week later, the waters were shallow enough to ford the river with their entire caravan - horses, wagons, and all. |
| FORESTALL | v. Delay, hinder, prevent by taking action beforehand Sentence: Our research has been forestalled by a lack of funding. |
| FORTUITOUS | adj. Happening by chance; lucky Sentence: It was amazingly fortuitous that the exclusive beach resort had a cancellation for exactly the weekend she had wanted to get married, allowing her to have the perfect wedding after all. |
| FRACAS | n. Noisy disturbance or fight; brawl Sentence: Rugby is one of the most aggressive of sports - when the players rush to pile on top of the person with the ball, bones can easily be broken in the fracas. |
| FRACTIOUS | adj. Unruly, troublemaking; irritable Sentence: The Students for Progressive Action were a fractious bunch, always fighting with one another over exactly which progressive action should take priority. |
| FRENETIC | adj. Wildly excited, frantic, distracted Sentence: Not everyone can handle the frenetic lifestyle the author espouses: getting up before dawn to begin work before spending quality time with the kids over breakfast, taking conference calls from the treadmill, etc. |
| FULMINATE | v. Explode, detonate; attack verbally in a vehement, thunderous way Sentence: Please don't bring up anything related to gun control around my family, or my dad will fulminate for hours about the Second Amendment. |
| FURTIVE | adj. Done secretly; stealthy, sly, shifty Sentence: As a spokesperson for a popular diet plan, the actress had to be quite furtive about eating, junk food, even hiding her M&Ms in a breath mint container lest the paparazzi snap photos of the inside of her car. |
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