AP lit vocab F-L

Facetious

Facetious

cleverly amusing in tone

Facile

performing adroitly and without effort

Fallow

left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season

Fastidious

giving careful attention to detail

Fatuous

devoid of intelligence

Filial

designating the generation following the parental generation

Foment

try to stir up

Fracas

a noisy quarrel

Fractious

easily irritated or annoyed

Fulminate

criticize severely

Gaffe

a socially awkward or tactless act

Galvanize

stimulate to action

Garish

tastelessly showy

Garrulous

full of trivial conversation

Germane

relevant and appropriate

Glib

marked by lack of intellectual depth

Gregarious

temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others

Guile

the use of tricks to deceive someone

Gumption

fortitude and determination

Halcyon

idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquility

Hallowed

worthy of religious veneration

Hapless

unfortunate and deserving pity

Harbinger

something indicating the approach of something or someone

Histrionic

overly dramatic or emotional

Hoary

having gray or white hair as with age

Iconoclast

someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions

Imbroglio

an intricate and confusing interpersonal situation

Impecunious

not having enough money to pay for necessities

Impregnable

incapable of being attacked or tampered with

Impunity

exemption from punishment or loss

Inane

devoid of intelligence

Incipient

only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

Incorrigible

impervious to correction by punishment

Indelible

not able to be forgotten, removed, or erased

Ineffable

defying expression or description

Inexorable

impossible to prevent, resist, or stop

Iniquity

absence of moral or spiritual values

Inscrutable

difficult or impossible to understand

Insidious

working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

Insouciant

marked by unconcern

Interminable

tiresomely long; seemingly without end

Intrepid

invulnerable to fear or intimidation

Jaunt

a journey taken for pleasure

Knave

a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

Knell

the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death

Lachrymose

showing sorrow

Languid

lacking spirit or liveliness

Lassitude

weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy

Laudable

worthy of high praise

Leviathan

the largest or most massive thing of its kind

Levity

a manner lacking seriousness

Lilliputian

very small

Limpid

clear, bright

Listless

lacking zest or vivacity

Loquacious

full of trivial conversation

Lugubrious

excessively mournful