Set 5

façade

1. (n.) the wall of a building 2. (n.) a deceptive appearance or attitude

facile

(adj.) easy

fallacious

(adj.) misleading

fastidious

(adj.) meticulous

fathom

(v.) to understand

fatuous

(adj.) foolish

fecund

(adj.) fruitful

felicitous

1. (adj.) well suited 2. (adj.) delightful

feral

(adj.) wild

fervent

(adj.) passionate, ardent

fetid

(adj.) having a foul odor

fetter

(v.) to restrain

fickle

(adj.) shifting in character

fidelity

(n.) loyalty

figurative

(adj.) symbolic

flabbergasted

(adj.) astounded

flaccid

(adj.) limp

flagrant

(adj.) offensive

florid

(adj.) flowery, ornate

flout

(v.) to disobey openly

foil

(v.) to thwart

forage

(v.) to rummage for food

forbearance

(n.) toleration

forestall

(v.) to prevent, delay

forlorn

(adj.) abandoned, hopeless

forsake

(v.) to give up

fortitude

(n.) strength

fortuitous

(adj.) happening by chance, often lucky

forum

(n.) a medium for discussion

foster

(v.) to promote

fractious

(adj.) troublesome, irritable

fraught

(adj.) filled or accompanied with

frenetic

(adj.) hectic

frivolous

(adj.) of little importance

frugal

(adj.) thrifty,

furtive

(adj.) secretive, sly

garish

(adj.) gaudy, in bad taste

garrulous

(adj.) talkative

genial

(adj.) friendly

gluttony

(n.) overindulgence in food or drink

goad

(v.) to incite to action

gourmand

(n.) someone fond of eating and drinking

grandiloquence

(n.) pompous language

grandiose

(adj.) on an exaggerated scale

gratuitous

(adj.) uncalled for

gregarious

(adj.) sociable

grievous

(adj.) hurtful

guile

(n.) deceitful

hackneyed

(adj.) unoriginal, trite

hallowed

(adj.) revered

hapless

(adj.) unlucky

harangue

(n.) a ranting speech

hardy

(adj.) robust, capable of surviving through adverse conditions

harrowing

(adj.) greatly distressing

haughty

(adj.) disdainfully proud

hedonist

(n.) one who believes pleasure should be the primary pursuit of humans

hegemony

(n.) domination over others

heinous

(adj.) shockingly wicked

heterogeneous

(adj.) diverse in character

hiatus

(n.) a break in duration or continuity

hierarchy

(n.) a system with ranked groups

hypocrisy

(n.) pretending to believe what one does not

hypothetical

(adj.) assumed true, but unproven

iconoclast

(n.) one who attacks common beliefs or institutions

idiosyncratic

(adj.) highly individualized

idolatrous

(adj.) excessively worshipping one object or person

ignominious

(adj.) humiliating

illicit

(adj.) forbidden

immerse

(v.) to absorb,

immutable

(adj.) not changeable

impassive

(adj.) stoic

impeccable

(adj.) flawless

impecunious

(adj.) poor

imperative

1. (adj.) necessary 2. (n.) a command

imperious

(adj.) commanding

impertinent

(adj.) rude

impervious

(adj.) impenetrable

impetuous

(adj.) rash

impinge

1. (v.) to impact 2. (v.) to encroach, infringe

implacable

(adj.) incapable of being appeased

implement

1. (n.) an instrument, utensil, tool 2. (v.) to put into effect

implicate

(v.) to incriminate, accuse

implicit

(adj.) implied

impregnable

(adj.) resistant to capture or penetration

impudent

(adj.) insolent

impute

(v.) to blame

inane

(adj.) silly

inarticulate

(adj.) incapable of expressing oneself clearly through speech

incarnate

(adj.) existing in the flesh

incendiary

1. (n.) a person who agitates 2. (adj.) inflammatory

incessant

(adj.) unending

inchoate

(adj.) formless

incisive

(adj.) clear, sharp, direct

inclination

(n.) a tendency, propensity

incontrovertible

(adj.) indisputable

incorrigible

(adj.) incapable of correction, delinquent

increment

(n.) an enlargement

incumbent

1. (n.) one who holds an office 2. (adj.) obligatory

indefatigable

(adj.) incapable of defeat, failure, decay

indigenous

(adj.) originating in a region