N. Small plane surface (of a gem); a side

N. Handyman; person who does all kinds of work

N. Breeder or dealer of animals

Vocabulary List 12 Flashcards by Sachiko Wakahisa

Exuberant

Adj.

Abundant; effusive; lavish

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Exude

Discharge; give forth

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Fabricate

Build; lie

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Facade

Front of the building

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Facet

Small plane surface (of a gem); a side

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Facetious

Adj.

Humorous; jocular

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Facile

Adj.

Easy; expert

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Facilitate

Make less difficult

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Faction

Party; clique; dissension

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Factious

Adj.

Inclined to form factions; causing dissension

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Factitious

Adj.

Artificial; sham

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Factotum

Handyman; person who does all kinds of work

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Fain

Adv.

Gladly

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Fallacious

Adj.

Misleading

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Fallible

Adj.

Liable to err (to make a mistake)

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Fallow

Adj.

Plowed but not sowed; uncultivated

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Fanaticism

Excessive zeal (a strong feeling of interest and enthusiasm that makes someone very eager or determined to do something)

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Fancied

Adj.

Imagined; unreal

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Fancier

Breeder or dealer of animals

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Fanciful

Adj.

Whimsical; visionary

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Fantastic

Adj.

Unreal; grotesque; whimsical

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Fastidious

Adj.

Difficult to please; squeamish

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Fatalism

Belief that events are determined by forces beyond one’s control

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Fatuous

Adj.

Foolish; inane (very silly or stupid)

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Fauna

N. Animals of a period or region

Faux pas

N. An error or slip (in manners or behavior)

Fawning

Adj. Courting favor by cringing and flattering

Fealty

N. Loyalty; faithfulness

Feasible

Adj. Practical

Fecundity

N. Fertility; fruitfulness

Feign

V. Pretend

Feint

N. Trick; shift; sham blow

Felicitous

Adj. Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen

Fell

Adj. Cruel; deadly

Ferment

N. Agitation; commotion

Ferret

V. Drive or hunt [force] out of hiding

Fervent

Adj. Ardent; hot; [feeling very strongly]; [having or showing very strong feelings]

Fervid

Adj. Ardent; [very strong]; [intense]

Fervor

N. Glowing ardor (a wrong feeling of love) (a strong feeling of energy or eagerness)

Fester

V. Generate pus

Fete

V. Honor at a festival

Fetid

Adj. Malodorous (having a bad smell)

Fetish

N. Object supposed to possess magical powers; an object of special devotion

Fetter

V. Shackle (to put chains around someone's feet to prevent motion)

Fiasco

N. Total failure

Fiat

N. Command

Fickle

Adj. Changeable; faithless

Fictitious

Adj. Imaginary

Fidelity

N. Loyalty

Figment

N. Invention; imaginary thing

Filch

V. Steal

Filial

Adj. Pertaining to a son or daughter

Finale

N. Conclusion

Finesse

N. Delicate skill

Finicky

Adj. Too particular; fussy

Finite

Adj. Limited

Fissure

N. Crevice

Fitful

Adj. Spasmodic (relating to or caused by a spasm); intermittent (not constant or steady)

Flaccid

Adj. Flabby (lacking firmness)

Flagellate

V. Flog; whip

Extrude

V. Force or push out

Flagging

Adj. Weak; drooping

Flagrant

Adj. Conspicuously wicked

Flail

V. Thresh grain by hand; strike or slap

Flair

N. Talent

Flamboyant

Adj. Ornate (covered with many decorations)

Flaunt

V. Display ostentatiously

Flay

V. Strip off skin; plunder

Fleck

V. Spot [Her cheeks, flecked with tears...]

Fledging

Adj. Inexperienced

Flick

N. Light stoke as with a whip

Flippancy

N. Trifling gaiety (a happy and lively quality); [unbecoming pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters]

Flora

N. Plants of a region or era

Florid

Adj. Flowery; ruddy (having a healthy reddish color)

Flotilla

N. Small fleet (group of ships)

Flotsam

N. Drifting wreckage

Flout

V. Reject; mock

Fluctuation

N. Wavering

Fluency

N. Smoothness of speech

Fluster

V. Confuse

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