Tuesday, May 11, 2010

F Set1

fabricate v. invent
facade n. front (of a building)
facet n. any of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel
facetious adj. intended to be amusing, often inappropriately
facile adj. easily obtained or achieved (and so not highly valued)
facilitate v. (of an object, a process, etc but not of a person) make (sth) easy or less difficult
facsimile n. exact copy or reproduction of writing, printing, a picture, etc
faction n. small united group within a larger one, esp in politics
factious adj. of or causedby faction
factitious adj. deliberately created or developed; unnatural; artificial
factotum n. person employed to do all kinds of work
faculty n. any of the powers of the body or mind
fake n. object (eg a work of art) that seems genuine but is not
fallacious adj. misleading; based on error
fallible adj. liable to make mistakes
fallow adj. ploughed but left unplanted to restore its fertility
falsify make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
falter v. move, walk or act hesitantly, usu because of weakness, fear or indecision
fanaticism n. great or obsessive enthusiasm
fancied imaginary; unreal
fancier n. person with a special interest in and love for sth
fanciful adj. using the imagination rather than reason
fancy n. power of the mind to imagine
fanfare n. short ceremonial piece of music, usu played on trumpets
fantastic adj. wild and strange
farce n. funny play for the theatre based on unlikely situations and events
far-fetched adj. (of a comparison) strained; unnatural
fashion n. manner or way of doing sth
fastidious adj. selecting carefully; choosing only what is good ;
fatalism n. belief that events are decided by fate(1); acceptance of all that happens as inevitable ;
fathom n. measure of the depth of water , 61.8
fathomless adj. too deep to measure
fatuous adj. stupid and silly; foolish
fauna n. all the animals of an area or a period of time
favoritism [ favouritism: ] the practice of giving special treatment to a person or group
fawning [ fawn: ] a young deer of either sex aged under one year
faze v. fluster (sb)
feasible adj. that can be done; practicable; possible
feature n. one of the named parts of the face (eg nose, mouth, eyes) which together form its appearance
febrile adj. caused by a fever
feckless adj. inefficient; irresponsible ;
fecundity n.
feebleminded
feign v. pretend
feint n. pretended attack to distract an opponent's attention from the main attack
felicitous adj. (esp of words) well-chosen; apt
felicity n. great happiness
feline adj. n animal of the cat family
fell pt of fall1
felon n. person guilty of felony
feral adj. (of animals) wild or savage, esp after escaping from captivity or from life as a pet
ferment v. change chemically through the action of organic substances (esp yeast)
fermentation n. fermenting

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