| Term | Definition |
|---|
| expiate | to atone for |
| explicate | to explain;interpret;clarify |
| expository | explanatory |
| extant | in existence; not lost |
| extemporaneous | unrehearsed |
| extirpate | to root up; to destroy |
| extraneous | not essencial |
| extrapolation | the act of estimation by projecting known information |
| extrinsic | not inherent of essential |
| facetious | homorous |
| facilitate | to make less difficult |
| factotum | a person who does all sorts of work; a handyman |
| fallacious | based on a false idea or fact; misleading |
| fallow | plowed but not sowed; uncultivated |
| fatuous | foolishly self-satisfied |
| fauna | animals of a period o region |
| fawning | seeking flavor by flattering |
| felicitous | suitable expressed; wee-chose; appropiate |
| feral | existing in a wild or untamed state |
| fervor | warmth and intensity of emotion |
| fetid | having a bad smell |
| fetter | to bind; confine |
| fiat | arbitray order; authorization |
| fidelity | loyalty; exact correspondence |
| filibuster | use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law |
| finesse | to handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; refined in performance |
| fissure | crevice |
| flag | to droop; grow weak |
| fledging | beginner; novice |
| flora | plants of a region or era |
| flourish | en embellishment or ornamentation |
| flout | to treat scornfully |
| flux | flowing; a continuous moving |
| foment | to incite; arouse |
| forbearance | patience |
| forestall | to prevent; delay |
| formidable | menacing; threatening |
| forswear | renounce; repudiate |
| founder | to sink; fail; colapse |
| fracas | a loud quarrel; brawl |
| fractious | quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious |
| fresco | a painting done on plaster |
| frieze | ornamental band on a wall |
| froward | stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient |
| frugality | thrift |
| fulminate | to attack loudly; denounce |
| fulsome | so excessive as to be disgusting |
| fusion | union; synthesis |
| futile | ineffective; useless; fruitless |
| florid | ruddy; reddish; flowery |
| gainsay | to deny; dispute; oppose |
| gambol | to frolic; leap playfully |
| garrulous | very talkative; wordy |
| gauche | coarse and uncouth; clumsy |
| geniality | cheerfulness; kindliness; sociability |
| gerrymander | to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party |
| glib | fluent in an insincere way; offhand |
| goad | to prod; urge on |
| gossamer | sheer; light and delicate; like cobwebs |
| gouge | to tear out; scoop out; overcharge |
| grandiloquent | pompous; bombastic |
| gregarious | outgoing; sociable |
| grouse | to complain |
| guileless | free of cunning or deceit; artless |
| guise | outward appearance; false appearance |
| gullible | easily deceived |
| gustatory | affecting the sense of taste |
| halcyon | calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous |
| hallowed | holy; sacred |
| harangue | long, pompous speech; tirade |
| harrowing | extremely distressing; terrifying |
| herbivorous | an animal that feeds mainly on plants |
| hermetic | tighly sealed; magical |
| heterodox | not widely accepted |
| hieroglyphics | a system of writing in which pictorial symbols represent meanings or sounds; wirting or symbols that are difficult to decipher |
| hirsute | covered with hair |
| histrionic | relating to exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect; theatrical acts or performances |
| homeostasis | automatic maintenance by an organism in balance with itself |
| homily | sermon; tedious moralizing lecture |
| homogeneous | composed of identical parts; uniform in composition |
| hyperbole | purposeful exaggeration for effect |
| iconoclastic | attacking cherished traditions |
| idolatry | idol worship; blind or excessive devotion |
| igneous | produced by fire; volcanic |
| imbroglio | complicated situation; an entanglement |
| immutable | inchangeable |
| impair | to damage; injure |
| impassive | showing no emotion |
| impecunious | poor; having no money |
| impede | to hinder; block |
| impermeable | impossible to permeate |
| imperturbable | not easily disturbed |
| impervious | incapable of being affected; impossible to penetrate |
| impinge | to strike; encroach |
| implacable | inflexible; incable of being pleased or calmed down |
| implausible | unlikely; unbelievable |
| implicit | implied; understood but not stated |
| implode | collapse inward violently |
| imprecation | curse; damnation |
| impute | to attribute the fault to; relate to a particular cause or source |
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