F1 Mneomonics

Question 1

fabricate

Answer 1

(verb): to make up in order to decieve. “FAB rick ate”

Think: fabric background

The movie set background was fabricated, woven from fabric to resemble a mountain range

Question 2

facetious

Answer 2

(adjective): playfully funny. “fa SEE shus”

Think: face “E”

The facetious comedian made us smile so much that our faces looked like we were constantly saying “E”. *try it!)

Question 3

fanatic

Answer 3

(adjective): full of extreme enthusiasm

“fuh NAT ick”

Think: fan lunatic

The fanatic Green Bay Packers fan- a lunatic- painted his face green and wore a cheese head hat every day of the year

Question 4

farce

Answer 4

(noun): a comical, unrealistic , mocking display or show “FARSE

THink: farts

I know your play is a farce because of how many times the character fart

Question 5

fastidious

Answer 5

(adjective) having very picky standards “fuh sTID ee us “

Think: fast to tidy up

My roommate is fastidious about cleaning; she gets mad if I am not fast to tidy up the apartment

Question 6

fatuous

Answer 6

(adjective) lazily foolish. “fat SHOE us “

Think: fat ass

If you’re fatuous about nutrition, you might end up with a fat ass

Question 7

fawning

Answer 7

(verb) kissing up to “FON ing”

Think : fawn (baby deer)

The little fawn’s only hope to get the bear to spea its life was by using fawning behavior

Question 8

feckless

Answer 8

(adjective): weak; worthless; irresponsible. “FEK liss”

Think: F in class
If you get an F in class, your study habits were probably feckless

Question 9

fecund

Answer 9

(adjective): fruitful; inventive. “FEE kund”

Think: feces under

spreading manure, i.e., feces, under your crops as fertilizer will make your harvest fecund

Question 10

feign

Answer 10

(verb): to fake. “FAYN (rhymes with “rain”)”

Think: faint

Here’s the plan: we feign illness by pretending to faint as soon as the final exam begins so we won’t have to retake it

Question 11

felicity

Answer 11

(noun): happiness. “fu LISS it ee”

Think: feline city

If you’re a cat person, then a feline city would bring you great felicity. MEOW

Question 12

ferret

Answer 12

(verb(: to bring to light; to uncover. “FERR it”

THink: ferret (the animal)

If you keep a ferret as a pet, it will ferret out all your lost earring since they can crawl under anything

Question 13

fervor

Answer 13

(noun): passion “FUR ver”

THink: fever

The lovers’ fervor for each other was so great that their skin felt fever-hot

Question 14

festoon

Answer 14

(verb): to decorate. “feh STOON”

Think: festival

The harvest moon festival is coming! Time to festoon the barn for the big dance!

Question 15

fetid

Answer 15

(adjective): bad-smelling. “FED id”

Think: feet

Feet are often fetid

Question 16

fiasco

Answer 16

(noun): a disaster. “fee ASS koh”

Think: flask

Smuggling that flask into the football game was a fiasco; we got kicked out during the first quarter

Question 17

filia

Answer 17

(adjective): like a son or daugher. “FIL ee ul”

Think: affiliated

It was the son’s filial duty to care for his dying mother since he was affiliated with her by blood

Question 18

fillip

Answer 18

(Noun): stimulus, impetus, flick “PHIL ipp”

Think: fill up my tank

If you could please fill up my tank of gas, then that would be a fillip to my transportation abilities

Question 19

finagled

Answer 19

(verb): obtained, often through trickery or indirect methods. “fih NAY gulled”

Think: finagle a bagel

Even though I lost my wallet, I finagled a bagel from the bagel lady by claiming I had invented cream cheese

Question 20

finicky

Answer 20

(adjective): difficult to please. “FIN ick ee”

Think: nit- picky

The princess was nit- picky- she was so finicky that she refused to sleep on the mattress with a pea under it

Question 21

fitful

Answer 21

(adjective) : irregular, intermittent. “FIT Full”

Think: fit-full

Oour new baby only sleeps fitfully- the naight seems ful of his crying fits

Question 22

flagrant

Answer 22

(adjective) : shockingly bad. “FLAY grint”

Think: fragrant vagrant

No matter what your feelings towards homeless people are, you can’t deny that man is a fragrant vagrant- his B.O. is so bad it’s flagrant

Question 23

fleeting

Answer 23

(adjective): short-lived. “FLEET ing”

Think: flee

My stay in the village was by necessity fleeting: a dragon attacked, and I had to flee

Question 24

flippant

Answer 24

(adjective): lacking respect or seriousness. “FLIP int”

Think: flip off

If you’re flippant, you probably flip people off on a regular basis

Question 25

florid

Answer 25

(adjective): overly decorated; reddish, “FLOR id”

Think: flowered

The 12- year-old girl’s room was flowered with undreds of red-hued decorations- her style was florid

Question 26

flotilla

Answer 26

(noun): a fleet of ships “Flo TILL uh”

Think: floating around Godzilla

Floating around Godzilla was a flotilla from the Japanese navy

Question 27

flotsam

Answer 27

(noun) : floating debris “FLOT sim”

Think: float

After the Titanic sank, Rose was able to survive by climbing onto a piece of floating flotsam from the wreckage

Question 28

flounder

Answer 28

(verb): to act clumsily or ineffectively “FLOUN dir”

Think : flop under

Bad dancer flounder (verb) through clubs like flounders (noun) that flop under the seat of the boat once they’re caught

Question 29

flourish

Answer 29

(verb): to thrive. “FLERR ish”

THink: florist

My flowers always flourish, because I have 20 years experiences as a florist

Question 30

flouted

Answer 30

(verb) treated without respect “FLOUT id”

Think: flung out
The rebel fouted the rules so badly that he flund them out the window

Question 31

flummoxed

Answer 31

(adjective) : confued “FLUM ixed”

THink: flume ox

At the water park, I was completely flummoxed when, in the flume ride, I saw an ox swimming along

Question 32

foible

Answer 32

(noun): a minor weakness of character “FOY bull”

THink: foil-able

Your plan to take over the world is foil-able because you have so many foibles

Question 33

foment

Answer 33

(verb): to encourage the growth of. “FOH ment”

THink: form it!

In Star Wars, Princess Leia fomented the rebel group by telling the Rebels to “form it!”

Question 34

forage

Answer 34

(verb, noun) v: to search for food, n: food, a search “FORE ige”

Think: for aged cheese

being French, I have been foraging our supermarkets and farmer’s markets far and wide for aged cheese that reminds me of home

Question 35

forbearance

Answer 35

(noun): patience; tolerance “four BEAR ints”

Think: bear tolerance

I’m usually harsh on people who borrow my money, but for bears I have more tolerance and practice forbearance since they scare me

Question 36

foreground

Answer 36

(verb): to highlight . “FOUR ground”

Think: foreground (noun)

That boy is magic! Foreground (verb) his talent by making sure he’s in the foreground (noun) of the stage!

Question 37

forestall

Answer 37

(verb): to delay, hinder, or prevent. “ four STALL”

Think: for stall

The booby traps I surrounded my fort with will forestall invaders- they’re for stalling

Question 38

formidable

Answer 38

(adjective): serious, respectable, worthy
“FOR mid ih bull”

THink: forbid

The cliff face was formidable; it seemed to forbid us from even attempting to climb

Question 39

fortitude

Answer 39

(noun); strength “FORT ih tude”

Think: fortress

THe Bulgarian weightlifter’s mental fortitude during training gave my body that look like a fortress

Question 40

fortuitous

Answer 40

(adjective): lucky “for TWO it iss”

Think: fortune for us

It was fourtuitous and fortunate for us that the polar bear we encountered had just eaten a seal and was to full to eat us

Question 41

fracas

Answer 41

(noun): a noisy brawl. “FRAH kiss”

Think: frat ruckus

The frat brother often caused a ruckus by getting into a drucken fracas

Question 42

fractious

Answer 42

(adjective): cranky. “FRAK shis”

THink: fracture us

The fractious football player is best avoided; if the team loses, he gets mad enough to fracture us

Question 43

fraternize

Answer 43

(verb) : to be friendly with. “FRAH turn eyes”

Think: frat

We frat brothers fraternize with all the freshman chicks so they’ll come to our parties

Question 44

frenetic

Answer 44

(adjective): widely excited or active “fruh NET ick”

Think: frenzy of energy

Have you ever watched a pug play? it’s frenetic- like a chubby little frenzy of energy

Question 45

froward

Answer 45

(adjective); stubbornly disobedient. “FRO werd”

Think: afro

I try to straighten my hair but it’s froward- after a few hours, it’s a fro again

Question 46

fruition

Answer 46

(Noun): a productive result. “froo ISH un”

Think: grow fruit

My plans to grow my own oranges came from fruitation when my orange tree produced fruit

Question 47

fudge

Answer 47

(verb) to fake or falsify: “FUDJ”

Think: “oh fudge!”

If the salesperson fudges the facts about the used car you buy, you’ll be saying “oh, fudge!” later when it breaks down

Question 48

fuliginous

Answer 48

(adjective): obscure; murky; dark “few LIDGE in is”

Think: full of gin

After he was full of gin, James Joyce composed poetry to moody and fuliginous that few could appreciate it

Question 49

fulsome

Answer 49

(adjective) abudnant, sometimes disgustingly so. “FULL some”

THink: full of some

In the U.S. , we are full of some crops- full instance, corn here is so fulsome that we put it in neraly every food product

Question 50

funereal

Answer 50

(adjective): like a funeral. “fyoo NERR ee ul”

Think: funeral

Your gothic style is so funereal it looks as though you’re headed to a funeral instead of the mall

Question 51

furor

Answer 51

(noun): an outburst of rage or excitement “FURE rir”

Think: furious

The governor’s use of the Fuhrer’s (Hitler’s) image in an ad made many furious and created a political furor

Question 52

furtive

Answer 52

(adjective): done by stealth “FIR tive”

Think: furtive fart

Watch out for that kid - he will fart in class but it’s so furtive that he never gets blamed