[SAT Vocab] letter 'f'

fabulous

adj. incredible

facet

n. one of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond

or other gem

facetious

adj. amusing

facile

adj. not difficult to do

facsimile

n. an exact copy or reproduction

faction

n. a number of persons combined for a common purpose

factious

adj. turbulent

fallible

adj. capable of erring

fallow

n. land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest

fancier

n. one having a taste for or interest in special objects

fathom

n. a measure of length; 6 feet

fatuous

adj. idiotic

faun

n. one of a class of deities of the woods and herds

represented as half human, with goats feet

fawn

n. a young deer

fealty

n. loyalty

federate

v. to league together

feint

n. any sham, pretense or deceptive movement

felicitate

v. to wish joy or happiness to somebody, especially in

view of a coming event

felicity

n. a state of well-founded happiness

felon

n. a criminal or depraved person

felonious

adj. showing criminal or evil purpose

felony

n. one of the highest class of offenses, and punishable

with death or imprisonment

fernery

n. a place in which ferns are grown

fervent

adj. ardent in feeling

fervid

adj. intense

fervor

n. ardor or intensity of feeling

festal

adj. joyous

fete

n. a festival or feast

feudal

adj. pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal

feudalism

n. political and social system of medieval Europe

fez

n. a brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone,

usually red with a black tassel

fiasco

n. a complete or humiliating failure

fickle

adj. unduly changeable in feeling, judgment or purpose

fictitious

adj. created or formed by the imagination

fidelity

n. loyalty

fiducial

adj. indicative of faith or trust

fief

n. a landed estate held under feudal tenure

filibuster

n. one who attempts to obstruct legislation

financier

n. person who manages large amounts of money

(privately or corporately)

finery

n. that which is used to decorate the person or dress

finesse

n. subtle contrivance used to gain a point

fiscal

adj. pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a

government

fishmonger

n. a certain profession

fissure

n. a crack or crack-like depression

fitful

adj. spasmodic

fixture

n. one who or that which is expected to remain

permanently in its position

flag-officer

n. the captain of a special ship

flagrant

adj. openly scandalous

flatulence

n. accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels

flection

n. the act of bending

fledging

n. a young bird

floe

n. a collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice

flora

n. the aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a

district

floral

adj. pertaining to flowers

florid

adj. flushed with red

florist

n. a dealer in flowers

flue

n. a smoke-duct in a chimney

fluential

adj. pertaining to streams

foible

n. a personal weakness or failing

foist

v. to palm off

foliage

n. any growth of leaves

folio

n. a sheet of paper folded once

folk-lore

n. the traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common

people

fondle

v. to handle tenderly and lovingly

foolery

n. folly

foot-note

n. reference or comment at the bottom of a page or end

of a chapter

foppery

n. dandyism

foppish

adj. characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress

and the niceties of manners

forbearance

n. patient endurance or toleration of offenses

forby

adv. besides

forebode

v. to be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil

forecastle

n. deck of a ship located near the bow

foreclose

v. to bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a

mortgagor to redeem property

forecourt

n. space in front of building

forefather

n. an ancestor

forego

v. to deny oneself the pleasure or profit of

forejudge

v. determine beforehand before hearing evidence

foreknowledge

n. prescience

foreman

n. leader; supervisor

foreordain

v. to predetermine

foreordination

n. predestination

forepeak

n. the extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the

lowest deck

forerun

v. to go before as introducing or ushering in

foresail

n. part on a foremast of a ship

foreshore

n. land along the edge of a body of water

foretell

v. to predict

forethought

n. premeditation

forfend

v. to ward off

forgo

v. to deny oneself

forswear

v. to renounce upon oath

forte

n. a strong point

foursome

adj. consisting of two pairs

frankinscense

n. a gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes

fraternal

adj. brotherly

fray

v. to fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads

free trade

n. commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs

freemason

n. a member of an ancient secret fraternity originally

confined to skilled artisans

freethinker

n. one who rejects authority or inspiration in religion

fresco

n. the art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly

on walls and ceilings

fretful

adj. disposed to peevishness