| Term | Definition |
| facade | to give a misleading outward appearance to deceive people |
| facetious | to make light remarks on a grave situation , tongue in cheek |
| factious | inclined to form factions |
| factitious | not genuine ,produced by human rather than natural forces , artificial |
| fallacious | misleading , equivocating |
| fallow | uncultivated |
| fatuous | very silly |
| faux pas | a social blunder , breach of etiquette |
| fawning | courting favour by cringing and flattering |
| fecund | productive , fertile soil is ____for the growth of cotton |
| felony | a major crime , such as murder , etc. |
| feral | wild and undomesticated |
| fervid | impassioned |
| fetid | stinking wound |
| fetish | an object with magical powers ; a fixation |
| fiat | a command |
| fiduciary | of a trust |
| filial | pertaining to a son or a daughter |
| flagellate | to whip |
| flippant | to take a serious situation casually |
| flummox | to bewilder , confuse |
| fortuitous | happening by chance |
| fractious | irritable , stubborn |
| fulminate | to criticize very angrily |
| furbish | to renovate |
| furtive | secretive and sly |