Flout
v. to treat scornfully
Flux
n. flowing; acontinuous moving
Foment
v. to incite; arouse
Forbearance
n. patience
Forestall
v. to prevent; delay
Forswear
v. renounce; repudiate
Founder
v. to sink; fail; collapse
Florid
adj. ruddy; reddish; flowery
Finesse
v. to handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse, that is, refinement in performance
Fissure
n. crevice
Fledgling
n. beginner; novice
Felicitous
adj. suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen
Factotum
n. a person who does all sorts of work; a handyman
Fallacious
adj. based on a false idea or fact; misleading
Fallow
adj. plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
Fatuous
adj. foolishly self-satisfied
Extirpate
v. to root up; to destroy
Extraneous
adj. not essential
Extrinsic
adj. not inherent or essential
Expiate
v. to atone for
Explicate
v. to explain; interpret; clarify
Expository
adj. explanatory
Extant
adj. in existence; not lost
Extemporaneous
adj. unrehearsed
Exorcise
v. to expel evil spirits; free from bad influences
Expatiate
v. to speak or write at length
Expatriate
v. to send into exile
Exact
v. to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority
Exacting
adj. extremely demanding
Exculpate
v. to clear of blame; vindicate
