Pile 5

Question 1

Facile

Answer 1

1. (adj.) easy, requiring little effort

(This game is so facile that even a four-year- old can master it.)

2. (adj.) superficial, achieved with minimal thought or care, insincere

(The business was in such shambles that any solution seemed facile at best; nothing could really helpit in the long-run.)

Question 2

Fallacious

Answer 2

adj.) incorrect, misleading

Emily offered me cigarettes on the fallacious assumption that I smoked.

Question 3

Fastidious

Answer 3

(adj.) meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards

Mark is so fastidious that he is never able to finish a project because it always seems imperfect to him.)

Question 4

Fathom

Answer 4

(v.) to understand, comprehend

Question 5

Fatuous

Answer 5

(adj.) silly, foolish

He considers himself a serious poet, but in truth, he only writes fatuous limericks.

Question 6

adj.) incorrect, misleading

Answer 6

Fallacious

Question 7

1. (adj.) easy, requiring little effort

2. (adj.) superficial, achieved with minimal thought or care, insincere

Answer 7

Facile

Question 8

(adj.) meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards

Answer 8

Fastidious

Question 9

(adj.) silly, foolish

Answer 9

Fatuous

Question 10

Fecund

Answer 10

(adj.) fruitful, fertile

The fecund tree bore enough apples to last us through the entire season.

Question 11

Felicitous

Answer 11

1. (adj.) well suited, apt

While his comments were idiotic and rambling, mine were felicitous and helpful.

2. (adj.) delightful, pleasing

I spent a felicitous afternoon visiting old friends.

Question 12

Garish

Answer 12

(adj.) gaudy, in bad taste

Mrs. Watson has poor taste and covers every object in her house with a garish gold lamé.

Question 13

Garrulous

Answer 13

(adj.) talkative, wordy

Some talk show hosts are so garrulous that their guests can’t get a word in edgewise.

Question 14

Genial

Answer 14

(adj.) friendly, affable

Although he’s been known to behave like a real jerk, I would say that my brother is an overall genial guy.

Question 15

(adj.) fruitful, fertile

Answer 15

Fecund

Question 16

1. (adj.) well suited, apt

2. (adj.) delightful, pleasing

Answer 16

Felicitous

Question 18

(adj.) gaudy, in bad taste

Answer 18

Garish

Question 18

(adj.) talkative, wordy

Answer 18

Garrulous

Question 19

(adj.) friendly, affable

Answer 19

Genial

Question 20

Goat

Answer 20

(v.) to urge, spur, incite to action

Jim may think he’s not going to fight Billy, but Billy will goad Jim on with insults until he throws a punch.

Question 21

Gourmand

Answer 21

(n.) someone fond of eating and drinking

My parents, who used to eat little more than crackers and salad, have become real gourmands in their old age.

Question 22

Grandiloquence

Answer 22

(n.) lofty, pompous language

The student thought her grandiloquence would make her sound smart, but neither the class nor the teacher bought it.

Question 23

Hackneyed

Answer 23

(adj.) unoriginal, trite

A girl can only hear “I love you” so many times before it begins to sound hackneyed and meaningless.

Question 24

(v.) to urge, spur, incite to action

Answer 24

Goat

Question 26

(n.) someone fond of eating and drinking

Answer 26

Gourmand

Question 26

(n.) lofty, pompous language

Answer 26

Grandiloquence

Question 27

(adj.) unoriginal, trite

Answer 27

Hackneyed

Question 28

Hapless

Answer 28

(adj.) unlucky My poor, hapless family never seems to pick a sunny week to go on vacation.

Question 29

Hallowed

Answer 29

(adj.) revered, consecrated In the hallowed corridors of the cathedral, the disturbed professor felt himself to be at peace.

Question 30

Harangue

Answer 30

1. (n.) a ranting speech Everyone had heard the teacher’s harangue about gum chewing in class before. 2. (v.) to give such a speech But this time the teacher harangued the class about the importance of brushing your teeth after chewing gum.

Question 31

(adj.) unlucky

Answer 31

Hapless

Question 32

(adj.) revered, consecrated

Answer 32

Hallowed

Question 32

1. (n.) a ranting speech | 2. (v.) to give such a speech

Answer 32

Harangue