F, G

Question 1

facetious

Answer 1

joking (often inappropriately), not seriously intended (humorous, flippant)

Question 2

fallacious

Answer 2

logically unsound (false, mistaken, misleading, erroneous)

Question 3

fatuous

Answer 3

smugly foolish (brainless, inane, asinine)

Question 4

fawning

Answer 4

seeking favor from superiors by behaving abjectly (obsequious, servile, syncophatic, bootlicking, toadying)

Question 5

felicitous

Answer 5

very well suited or nicely expressed (appropriate, apt, well chosen, fortunate)

Question 6

fervor

Answer 6

passionate intensity of feeling, earnestness of emotion (passion, enthusiasm, eagerness, zeal)

Question 7

flag

Answer 7

lose vigor, become feeble (fade, wane, droop)

Question 8

fledgling

Answer 8

lacking experience (young, new, untried, notive)

Question 9

florid

Answer 9

flowery in style, reddish in color (ornate, grandioquent, ruddy)

Question 10

flout

Answer 10

reject mockingly, show contempt for (scoff at, disregard, scorn)

Question 11

foment

Answer 11

stir up (incite, instigate, stimulate, provoke)

Question 12

forbearance

Answer 12

patient endurance (self-control, patience, tolerance, restraint)

Question 13

forestall

Answer 13

prevent by taking action in advance (hinder, preclude, avert)

Question 14

fortuitous

Answer 14

by chance (accidental, unplanned, lucky, serendipitous)

Question 15

founder

Answer 15

fail completely (sink, collapse, give way)

Question 16

fractious

Answer 16

tending to cause trouble (unruly, disobedient, irritable, cross)

Question 17

frenetic

Answer 17

wildly agitated (frenzied, frantic, hectic, uncontrolled)

Question 18

furtive

Answer 18

done in a secretive or shift manner (sneaky, secret, surreptitious)

Question 19

gainsay

Answer 19

declare to be false or invalid (contradict, dispute, deny, oppose)

Question 20

garner

Answer 20

earn by one’s efforts (gather, acquire, store up)

Question 21

garrulous

Answer 21

excessively conversational in a rambling, roundabout way (loquacious, talkative, wordy, gabby)

Question 22

genre

Answer 22

particular variety of art or literature (type, sort, kind, variety)

Question 23

germane

Answer 23

relevant to the current situation or case at hand (pertinent, applicable, appropriate)

Question 24

grandiloquent

Answer 24

using lofty, inflated language (pompous, bombastic, pretentious)

Question 25

gratuitous

Answer 25

given freely, uncalled for (unwarranted, unjustified)

Question 26

gregarious

Answer 26

seeking the company of others (outgoing, sociable)

Question 27

guile

Answer 27

crafty or cunning deception to achieve a goal (deceit, duplicity, wiliness, cunning)