SAT Master Word List #19

fanaticism

N. excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause.

fancy

N. notion; whim; inclination.

farce

N. broad comedy; mockery.

fastidious

ADJ. difficult to please; squeamish.

fatalism

N. belief that events are determined by forces beyond one’s control.

fathom

V. comprehend; investigate.

faze

V. disconcert; dismay.

feasible

ADJ. practical.

feign

V. pretend.

feint

N. trick; shift; sham blow.

felicitous

ADJ. apt; suitably expressed; well chosen.

felicity

N. happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.).

felon

N. person convicted of a grave crime.

feral

ADJ. not domestic; wild.

ferment

N. agitation; commotion.

fervor

N. glowing ardor; intensity of feeling.

fester

V. rankle; produce irritation or resentment.

fiasco

N. total failure.

fickle

ADJ. changeable; faithless.

fictitious

ADJ. imaginary.

fidelity

N. Ioyalty.

figment

N. invention; imaginary thing.

figurative

ADJ. not literal, but metaphorical; using a figure of speech.

finale

N. conclusion.

finesse

N. delicate skill.

fitful

ADJ. spasmodic; intermittent.

flabbergasted

ADJ. astounded; astonished; overcome with surprise.

flag

V. droop; grow feeble.

flagrant

ADJ. conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous.

flair

N. talent.

flamboyant

ADJ. ornate.

flaunt

V. display ostentatiously.

fledgling

ADJ. inexperienced.

flinch

V. hesitate, shrink.

flippant

ADJ. lacking proper seriousness.

flounder

V. struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter.

flourish

V. grow well; prosper; decorate with ornaments.

flout

V. reject; mock.

fluctuate

V. waver; shift.

fluency

N. smoothness of speech.

fluster

V. confuse.

flux

N. flowing; series of changes.

foible

N. weakness; slight fault.

foil

N. contrast

foil

V. defeat; frustrate.

foment

V. stir up; instigate.

foolhardy

ADJ. rash.

forbearance

N. patience.

foreboding

N. premonition of evil.

forensic

ADJ. suitable to debate in courts of law.