GRE F and G Words

Question 1

facetious

Answer 1

Joking, humorous, esp. inappropriately;
not serious, concerned with frivolous
things

Question 2

fallacious

Answer 2

Containing a fallacy, or mistake in logic;
logically unsound; deceptive

Question 3

fallow

Answer 3

Left unplanted (of land); not in use

Question 4

fastidious

Answer 4

Excessively particular, difficult to please;
painstaking, meticulous, requiring
excessive attention to detail

Question 5

fathom

Answer 5

Measure the depth of (usually of water)
as with a sounding line; penetrate and
discover the meaning of, understand

Question 6

fatuous

Answer 6

Foolish, silly, esp. in a smug or
complacent manner

Question 7

fawn

Answer 7

Show affection or try to please in the
manner of a dog; try to win favor through
flattery and submissive behavior

Question 8

fecund

Answer 8

Fruitful, fertile; capable of abundantly
producing offspring, vegetation, or
creative or intellectual work

Question 9

felicitous

Answer 9

Admirably appropriate, very well-suited
for the occasion; pleasant, fortunate,
marked by happiness

Question 10

fervid

Answer 10

Very hot; heated in passion or
enthusiasm

Question 11

fetid

Answer 11

Stinking; having an offensive smell

Question 12

flout

Answer 12

Treat with disdain, contempt, or scorn (usually
of rules)

Question 13

foment

Answer 13

Incite, instigate, stir up, promote the growth
of; apply medicated liquid to a body part

Question 14

forage

Answer 14

Wander in search of; rummage, hunt, make a
raid

Question 15

foreshadow

Answer 15

Indicate or suggest beforehand, presage

Question 16

forestall

Answer 16

Delay, hinder, prevent by taking action
beforehand

Question 17

fortuitous

Answer 17

Happening by chance; lucky

Question 18

fracas

Answer 18

Noisy disturbance or fight; brawl

Question 19

fractious

Answer 19

Unruly, troublemaking; irritable

Question 20

fulminate

Answer 20

Explode, detonate; attack verbally in a
vehement, thunderous way

Question 21

furtive

Answer 21

Done secretly; stealthy, sly, shifty

Question 22

gainsay

Answer 22

Declare false, deny; oppose

Question 23

gambol

Answer 23

Frolic; skip or leap playfully

Question 24

garrulous

Answer 24

Talkative, wordy, rambling

Question 25

gauche

Answer 25

Tactless, lacking social grace, awkward,
crude

Question 26

gawky

Answer 26

Physically awkward (esp. of a tall, skinny
person, often used to describe teenagers)

Question 27

germane

Answer 27

Relevant and appropriate, on-topic

Question 28

gist

Answer 28

Main idea, essence

Question 29

glower

Answer 29

Stare in an angry, sullen way

Question 30

goad

Answer 30

Urge on (as cattle) with a pointed or
electrically charged stick; spur on,
stimulate, encourage

Question 31

gouge

Answer 31

Scooping or digging tool, like a chisel, or a
hole made with such a tool (noun); cut or
scoop out; force out a person’s eye with
one’s thumb; swindle, extort money from
(verb)

Question 32

grandiloquent

Answer 32

Relating to lofty speech, esp. to the point of
being pompous, overblown, bombastic

Question 33

grandstand

Answer 33

Perform showily in an attempt to impress
onlookers

Question 34

grating

Answer 34

Irritating; harsh or discordant (of a noise);
scraping

Question 35

gregarious

Answer 35

Sociable, pertaining to a flock or crowd

Question 36

grouse

Answer 36

Complain or grumble (verb); a reason for
complaint (noun)

Question 37

grovel

Answer 37

Creep or crawl with one’s face to the
ground, prostrate oneself as a token of
subservience, degrade or abase oneself

Question 38

guile

Answer 38

Clever deceit, cunning, craftiness