"F" words - Part 1

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  1. fabricate
    put together out of artificial or natural components
  2. fabulist
    a person who tells or invents tales
  3. facet
    a distinct feature or element in a problem
  4. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  5. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  6. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  7. fallible
    wanting in moral strength, courage, or will
  8. familial
    relating to a social unit living together
  9. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  10. fathom
    a linear unit of measurement for water depth
    understand thoroughly
  11. fauna
    all the animal life in a particular region or period
  12. fecund
    capable of producing offspring or vegetation
  13. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  14. feral
    wild and menacing
  15. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  16. fetter
    a shackle for the ankles or feet
  17. fey
    suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
  18. fickle
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  19. figurative
    not literal
  20. firmament
    the sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
  21. fiscal
    involving financial matters
  22. fission
    reproduction of a unicellular organism by cell division
  23. fissure
    a long narrow depression in a surface
  24. flabbergasted
    as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
  25. flaccid
    drooping without elasticity
  26. filch
    make off with belongings of others
  27. flag
    a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
  28. flagitious
    extremely wicked, deeply criminal
  29. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  30. forestall
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  31. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  32. formidable
    extremely impressive in strength or excellence
  33. forsake
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  34. fortify
    make strong or stronger
  35. fortitude
    strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity
  36. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  37. foster
    providing nurture though not related by blood or legal ties
  38. foundering
    (of a ship) sinking
  39. founder
    a person who establishes some institution
    Leader or to fail miserably
  40. frenetic
    fast and energetic in an uncontrolled or wild way
  41. fusion
    the act of melding or melting together
  42. furtive
    secret and sly
  43. fulgent
    shining intensely
  44. furbish
    polish and make shiny
Created on Mon Sep 12 13:47:24 EDT 2011 (updated Mon Sep 12 13:55:57 EDT 2011)

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