Week 5 Vocab LHS AVID 12

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Fault (n)

break in a rock formation; mistake or error

Fawn (v)

to flatter excessively, seek the favor of

Faze (v)

to bother, upset, or disconcert

Feasible (adj)

possible, capable of being done

Feckless (adj)

ineffective, careless, irresponsible

Fecund (adj)

fertile, fruitful, productive

Federation (n)

union of organizations; union of several states, each of which retains local power

Feign (v)

to pretend, give a false impression

Feisty (adj)

excitable, easily drawn into quarrels

Felicitous (adj)

suitable, appropriate; well spoken

Fell (v)

to chop, cut down

Fervid (adj)

passionate, intense zealous

Fetid (adj)

foul

Fetter (v)

to bind, chain, confine

Fiasco (n)

disaster, utterly failure

Fictive (adj)

fictional, imaginary

Fidelity (n)

loyalty

Filch (v)

to steal

Filibuster (v)

use of obstructive tactics in a legislative assembly to prevent adoption of a measure

Finicky (adj)

fussy, difficult to please

Fission (n)

process of splitting into two parts

Fitful (adj)

intermittent, irregular

Flaccid (adj)

limp, flabby, weak

Flagrant (adj)

outrageous, shameless

Flamboyant (adj)

flashy, garish; exciting, dazzling

Flammable (adj)

combustible, being easily burned

Flaunt (v)

to show off

Fledgling (n)

young bird just learning to fly; beginner, novice

Flora (n)

plants

Florid (adj)

gaudy, extremely comate; ruddy; flushed

Flounder (v)

to falter, waver; to muddle, struggle

Flout (v)

to treat contemptuously, scorn

Fluctuate (v)

to alternate, waver

Fodder (n)

raw material; feed for animals

Foible (n)

minor weakness or character flaw

Foil (v)

to defeat, frustrate

Foliate (v)

to grow, sprout leaves

Foment (v)

to arouse or incite

Forbearance (n)

patience, restraint, leniency

Ford (v)

to cross a body of water at a shallow place

Foreboding (adj)

dark sense of evil to come

Foreclosure (n)

to rule out; to seize debtor's property for lack of payments

Forensics (adj)

relating to legal proceedings; relating to debates

Forestall (v)

to prevent, delay; anticipate

Forethought (n)

anticipation, foresight

Forgo (v)

to go without, refrain from

Forlorn (adj)

dreary, deserted; unhappy, hopeless, despairing

Formulate (v)

to conceive, devise; to draft, plan; to express, state

Forsake (v)

to abandon, withdraw from

Forswear (v)

to repudiate, renounce, disclaim, reject

Forte (n)

strong point, something a person does well

Fortuitous (adj)

happening by luck, fortunate

Foster (v)

to nourish, cultivate, promote

Foundation (n)

ground work, support; institution established by donation to aid a certain cause

Founder (v)

to fall helplessly; sink

Fracas (n)

noisy dispute

Fractious (adj)

unruly, rebellious

Fragmentation (n)

division, separation into parts, disorganization

Frank (adj)

honest and straightforward

Fraud (n)

deception, hoax

Fraudulent (adj)

deceitful, dishonest, unethical

Fraught (adj)

full of, accompanied by

Frenetic (adj)

wildly frantic, frenzied, hectic

Frenzied (adj)

feverishly fast, hectic, and confused

Frivolous (adj)

petty, trivial; flippant, silly

Frond (n)

leaf

Frugal (adj)

thrifty, cheap

Fulsome (adj)

excessive, overdone, sickeningly abundant

Funereal (adj)

mournful, appropriate to a funeral

Furtive (adj)

secret, stealthy

Fusion (n)

process of merging things into one

Gall (n)

bitterness; careless nerve

Gall (v)

to exasperate and irritate

Gambol (v)

to dance or skip around playfully

Game (adj)

courageous

Gargantuan (adj)

giant, tremendous

Garner (v)

to gather and store

Garrulous (adj)

very talkative

Gaunt (adj)

thin and bony

Gavel (n)

mallet used for commanding attention

Genre (n)

type, class, category

Germinate (v)

to begin to grow (used of a seed or idea)

Gestation (n)

growth process from conception to birth

Gibe (v)

to make heckling, taunting remarks

Girth (n)

distance around something

Glib (adj)

fluent in an insincere manner

Global (adj)

involving the entire world, relating to a whole

Glower (v)

to glare, to stare angrily and intensely

Gluttony (adj)

eating and drinking to excess

Gnarl (v)

to make knotted, deform

Gnostic (adj)

having to do with knowledge

Goad (v)

to prod or urge

Gradation (n)

process occurring by regular degrees or stages; variation in color

Grandiloquence (n)

pompous talk, fancy but meaningless language

Grandiose (adj)

magnificent and imposing; exaggerating and pretentious

Granular (adj)

having a grainy texture

Grasp (v)

to perceive and understand; to hold securely

Gratis (adj)

free, costing nothing

Gratuitous (adj)

free, voluntary; unnecessary and unjustified

Gratuity (n)

something given voluntarily, tip