| Term | Definition |
|---|
| fabrication | N a lie; something made up |
| facetious | Adj humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous |
| facile | Adj fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy |
| faction | N a group usually a small part of a larger group united around some cause; disagreement within an organization |
| farcical | Adj absurd; ludicrous |
| fastidious | Adj meticulous; demanding; finicky |
| fatalist | N someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them |
| fatuous | Adj foolish; silly; idiotic ; |
| fauna | N animals cf flora animal |
| fecund | Adj fertile; productive |
| felicity | N happiness; skillfulness especially at expressing things; adeptness |
| fervor | N great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal ardor |
| fetter | V to restrain; to hamper |
| fidelity | N faithfulness; loyalty |
| figurative | Adj based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually for something else; metaphorical |
| finesse | N skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness |
| flagrant | Adj glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous |
| flaunt | V show off; to display ostentatiously |
| flout | V to disregard something out of disrespect |
| foible | N a minor character flaw |
| foment | V to stir up; to instigate |
| forbear | v to refrain from ; to abstain |
| forgo | v to do without ; to forbear |
| forsake | v to abandon ; to renounce ; to relinquish |
| fortuitous | a accidental ; occurring by chance |
| founder | v to fail ; to collapse ; to sink |
| fraternal | a like brothers |
| frenetic | a frantic ; frenzied |
| frugal | a economical ; penny-pinching |
| furtive | a secretive ; sly |
| futile | a useless ; hopeless ; |
| garrulous | a talkative; chatty |
| genre | n a type or category especially of art or writing |
| genteel | a refined ; polite ; aristocratic ; affecting refinement |
| gesticulate | v to make gestures especially when speaking or in place of speaking |
| glut | n surplus ; an overabundance |
| grandiloquent | a pompous ; using a lot of big fancy words in an attempt to sound impressive |
| grandiose | a absurdly exaggerated |
| gratuitous | a given freely said of something bad ; unjustified ; unprovoked ; uncalled for |
| gravity | n seriousness |
| gregarious | a sociable ; enjoying the company of others |
| guile | n cunning ; duplicity ; artfulness |
| hackneyed | a overused ; trite ; stale |
| hapless | a unlucky unlucky |
| harbinger | n a forerunner ; a signal of ; |
| hedonism | n the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life |
| hegemony | n leadership especially of one nation over another |
| heresy | n any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs |
| hermetic | a impervious to external influence ; airtight |
| heyday | n golden age ; prime prime |
| hiatus | n a break or interruption often from work ; |
| hierarchy | n an organization based on rank or degree ; pecking order |
| histrionic | a overly dramatic ; theatrical ; |
| homily | n a sermon |
| homogeneous | a uniform ; made entirely of one thing uniform |
| husbandry | n thrifty management of resources ; livestock farming |
| hyperbole | n an exaggeration used as a figure of speech ; exaggeration exaggeration |
| hypothetical | a uncertain ; unproven |
| iconoclast | n one who attacks popular beliefs or institutions |
| ideology | n a system of social or political ideas |
| idiosyncrasy | n a peculiarity ; an eccentricity |
| idyllic | a charming in a rustic way ; naturally peaceful |
| ignominy | n deep disgrace |
| illicit | a illegal ; not permitted |
| imminent | a just about to happen |
| immutable | a unchangeable |
| impartial | a fair ; not favoring one side or the other ; unbiased |
| impeccable | a flawless ; entirely without sin |
| Imperial` | a like an emperor or an empire |
| impervious | a not allowing anything to pass through ; impenetrable |
| impetuous | a impulsive ; extremely impatient ; |
| implement | v to carry out |
| impotent | a powerless ; helpless ; unable to perform sexual intercourse |
| impugn | v to attack especially to attack the truth or integrity of something |
| inane | a silly ; senseless |
| inaugurate | v to begin officially ; to induct formally into office |
| incandescent | a brilliant ; giving off heat or light |
| incantation | n a chant ; the repetition of statements or phrases in a way reminiscent of a chant |
| incense | a make very angry |
| incessant | a unceasing |
| incipient | a beginning ; emerging |
| incisive | a cutting right to the heart of the matter |
| incongruous | a not harmonious ; not consistent ; not appropriate not fitting in |
| incorrigible | a incapable of being reformed |
| increment | n an increase ; one in a series of increases |
| indifferent | a not caring one way or the other ; apathetic ; mediocre |
| indigenous | a native ; originating in that area |
| indigent | a poor |
| indignant | a angry especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy ; insulted |
| indolent | a lazy ; |
| indulgent | lenient ; yielding to desire |
| ineffable | a incapable of being expressed or described |
| inept | a clumsy ; incompetent ; gauche |
| inert | a inactive ; sluggish ; not reacting chemically |
| inexorable | a relentless ; inevitable ; unavoidable |
| infamous | a shamefully wicked ; having an extremely bad reputation ; disgraceful |
| infatuated | a foolish ; foolishly passionate or attracted ; made foolish ; foolishly in love |
| infer | v to conclude ; to deduce |
| infinitesimal | a very very very small ; infinitely small ; |
| ingenuous | a frank ; without deception ; simple ; artless ; charmingly na ve |
| inherent | a part of the essential nature of something ; intrinsic |
| injunction | n a command or order especially a court order |
| innate | a existing since birth ; inborn ; inherent |
| innocuous | a harmless ; banal |
| inordinate | a excessive ; unreasonable |
| insatiable | a hard or impossible to satisfy ; greedy ; avaricious |
| insidious | a treacherous ; sneaky ; |
| insinuate | v to hint ; to creep in hind |
| insipid | a dull ; bland ; banal |
| insolent | a arrogant ; insulting |
| instigate | v to provoke ; to stir up |
| insular | a like an island ; isolated |
| insurgent | n a rebel ; someone who revolts against a government |
| integral | a essential |
| intractable | a uncontrollable ; stubborn ; disobedient |
| intransigent | a uncompromising ; stubborn |
| intrinsic | a part of the essential nature of something ; inherent |
| introspective | a tending to think about oneself ; examining ones feelings |
| inundate | v to flood ; to cover completely with water ; to overwhelm |
| invective | n insulting or abusive speech |
| inveterate | a habitual ; firm in habit ; deeply rooted |
| irascible | a easily angered or provoked ; irritable |
| ironic | a meaning the opposite of what you seem to say ; using words to mean something other than what they seem to mean |
| irrevocable | irreversible |
| itinerant | moving from place to place |
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