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February 11, 2008 By andrea S.

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  1. frowsy
    negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
  2. frowzy
    negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
  3. fitful
    occurring in spells and often abruptly
  4. fling
    throw with force or recklessness
  5. foil
    hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
  6. frock
    a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
  7. fray
    wear away by rubbing
  8. foul
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
  9. fin
    organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
  10. forswear
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
  11. feat
    a notable achievement
  12. fabrication
    the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
  13. facade
    the face or front of a building
  14. facet
    a distinct feature or element in a problem
  15. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  16. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  17. facilitate
    make easier
  18. facility
    a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
  19. facsimile
    an exact copy or reproduction
  20. faction
    a dissenting clique
  21. factious
    dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
  22. factotum
    a servant employed to do a variety of jobs
  23. fallacious
    containing or based on a fallacy
  24. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  25. fallow
    left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
  26. falsetto
    a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
  27. falter
    move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  28. fanaticism
    excessive intolerance of opposing views
  29. fanfare
    (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
  30. farcical
    broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
  31. farrago
    a motley assortment of things
  32. fascism
    a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)
  33. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
  34. fatal
    bringing death
  35. fathom
    a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
  36. fatuity
    a ludicrous folly
  37. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  38. fauna
    all the animal life in a particular region or period
  39. faux pas
    a socially awkward or tactless act
  40. fealty
    the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
  41. feasible
    capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
  42. febrile
    of or relating to or characterized by fever
  43. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  44. fecund
    capable of producing offspring or vegetation
  45. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  46. felicity
    pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
  47. felonious
    involving or being or having the nature of a crime
  48. femme fatale
    a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
  49. fend
    try to manage without help
  50. feral
    wild and menacing
  51. ferment
    cause to undergo fermentation
  52. ferret
    domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
  53. fertile
    capable of reproducing
  54. fervor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  55. fester
    ripen and generate pus
  56. festive
    offering fun and gaiety
  57. festoon
    an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work
  58. fete
    an elaborate party (often outdoors)
  59. fetid
    offensively malodorous
  60. fetter
    a shackle for the ankles or feet
  61. fey
    suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
  62. fiasco
    a sudden and violent collapse
  63. fickle
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  64. fictitious
    formed or conceived by the imagination
  65. fiat
    a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
  66. fidelity
    the quality of being faithful
  67. figment
    a contrived or fantastic idea
  68. filch
    make off with belongings of others
  69. filibuster
    (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
  70. filial
    designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
  71. fillip
    anything that tends to arouse
  72. finale
    the closing section of a musical composition
  73. finesse
    subtly skillful handling of a situation
  74. firebrand
    a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
  75. firmament
    the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
  76. fiscal
    involving financial matters
  77. fjord
    a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
  78. flabbergasted
    as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
  79. flagellate
    whip
  80. flagrant
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  81. flail
    an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
  82. fledgling
    young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
  83. flippant
    showing inappropriate levity
  84. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  85. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  86. fluctuate
    move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
  87. foible
    a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
  88. foist
    to force onto another
  89. foment
    try to stir up public opinion
  90. font
    bowl for baptismal water
  91. forage
    collect or look around for (food)
  92. foray
    a sudden short attack
  93. forbear
    a person from whom you are descended
  94. force majeure
    a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events
  95. foreclose
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  96. forensic
    used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law
  97. foresight
    seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
  98. forestall
    act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
  99. forgo
    do without or cease to hold or adhere to
  100. forsake
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  101. forthright
    directly and without evasion; not roundabout
  102. forthwith
    without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
  103. fortify
    make strong or stronger
  104. fortitude
    strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
  105. fortuitous
    occurring by happy chance
  106. foster
    providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
  107. foreswear
    turn away from; give up
  108. founder
    a person who founds or establishes some institution
  109. fracas
    noisy quarrel
  110. fragile
    easily broken or damaged or destroyed
  111. fragmented
    having been divided; having the unity destroyed
  112. fraternity
    a social club for male undergraduates
  113. fraught
    filled with or attended with
  114. frenetic
    excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
  115. fret
    be agitated or irritated
  116. fritter
    small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables
  117. frivolity
    the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible
  118. frolic
    play boisterously
  119. frond
    compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
  120. frugal
    avoiding waste
  121. fruitful
    productive or conducive to producing in abundance
  122. fruition
    the condition of bearing fruit
  123. fruitless
    unproductive of success
  124. fulminate
    cause to explode violently and with loud noise
  125. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
  126. fume
    a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
  127. furlough
    a temporary leave of absence from military duty
  128. furor
    an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
  129. furtive
    secret and sly or sordid
  130. fusillade
    rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
  131. futile
    producing no result or effect
  132. frenzy
    state of violent mental agitation