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| fabricate |
v. invent |
| fabulous |
adj. incredibly great |
| facet |
n. any of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel |
| facetious |
adj. intended to be amusing, often inappropriately |
| facial |
adj. of or for the face |
| facile |
adj. easily obtained or achieved (and so not highly
valued) |
| facilitate |
v. (of an object, a process, etc but not of a person)
make (sth) easy or less difficult |
| facility |
n. ability to learn or do things easily |
| facsimile |
n. exact copy or reproduction of writing, printing,
a picture, etc |
| faction |
n. small united group within a larger one, esp in politics |
| factious |
adj. of or causedby faction |
| fallacious |
adj. misleading; based on error |
| fallacy |
n. false or mistaken belief |
| fallible |
adj. liable to make mistakes |
| fallow |
adj. ploughed but left unplanted to restore its fertility |
| famish |
To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst. |
| fanatic |
n. person who is too enthusiastic about sth, esp religion
or politics |
| fancier |
n. person with a special interest in and love for sth |
| fastidious |
adj. selecting carefully; choosing only what is good
; |
| fathom |
n. measure of the depth of water , 61.8 |
| fatuous |
adj. stupid and silly; foolish |
| faulty |
adj. having a fault or faults; imperfect |
| faun |
n. god of the fields and woods, with goat's horns and
legs but a human torso , |
| fawn |
n. deer less than one year old |
| fealty |
n. (oath of) loyalty owed by a feudal tenant, etc to
his lord |
| feasible |
adj. that can be done; practicable; possible |
| federate |
v. unite into a federation |
| feint |
n. pretended attack to distract an opponent's attention
from the main attack |
| felicitate |
v. ~ sb (fml ) congratulate sb |
| felicity |
n. great happiness |
| felon |
n. person guilty of felony |
| felonious |
adj. of or involving felony; criminal ; |
| felony |
n. serious crime, eg murder, armed robbery or arson |
| feminine |
adj. of or like women; having the qualities or appearance
considered characteristic of women |
| fernery |
A place in which ferns are grown. |
| ferocious |
adj. fierce, violent or savage |
| ferocity |
n. fierceness; violence |
| fervent |
adj. showing warmth and sincerity of feeling; enthusiastic;
passionate |
| fervid |
adj. = fervent |
| fervor |
intensity of feeling or expression |
| festal |
adj. of a festival; gay and joyful ; |
| festive |
adj. of or suitable for a feast or festival; joyous |
| fete |
n. outdoor entertainment or sale, usu to raise money
for a special purpose |
| fetus |
= foetus |
| feudal |
adj. of or according to the system as during the Middle
Ages in Europe, under which people receive land and protection
from the landowner and work and fight for him in return |
| feudalism |
n. the feudal system |
| fez |
n. red felt hat with a flat top and a tassle but no
brim, worn by men in certain Muslim countries . |
| fiasco |
n. complete and ridiculous failure |
| fickle |
adj. often changing; not constant |
| fictitious |
adj. imagined or invented; not real |
| fidelity |
n. ~ loyalty; faithfulness |
| fiducial |
Indicative of faith or trust. |
| fief |
a piece of land held under the feudal system |
| filibuster |
n. person who tries to delay or prevent the making
of decisions in (esp parliamentary) meetings by making
long speeches |
| finale |
n. last part of a piece of music or a drama, etc |
| finality |
n. quality or fact of being final |
| financial |
adj. concerning money and finance |
| financier |
n. person engaged in financing businesses, etc on a
large scale |
| finery |
n. gay and elegant clothes or decoration |
| finesse |
n. skill in dealing with people or situations cleverly
or tactfully |
| finite |
adj. having bounds; limited; not infinite |
| fiscal |
adj. of or related to government money or public money,
usu taxes |
| fishmonger |
n. person whose job it is to sell fish in a shop |
| fissure |
n. long deep crack in rock or in the earth |
| fitful |
adj. occurring in short periods, not regularly and
steadily |
| fixture |
n. thing, such as a bath, water tank or toilet, that
is fixed in a building and is not removed when the owner
moves house |
| flagrant |
adj. particularly bad, shocking and obvious |
| flamboyant |
adj. showy, very confident and extravagant |
| flatulence |
n. gas in the stomach or digestive tract |
| fledgling |
inexperienced |
| flexible |
adj. that can bend easily without breaking |
| flimsy |
adj. (of cloth or material) light and thin |
| flippant |
adj. not showing sufficient respect or seriousness |
| floe |
n. sheet of floating ice, usu on the sea |
| flora |
n. all the plants of a particular area or period of
time |
| floral |
adj. made of flowers |
| florid |
adj. elaborate and ornate; excessively decorated or
colourful |
| florist |
n. person who has a shop that sells flowers |
| fluctuate |
v. ~ (of a price, number, rate, etc) rise and fall;
change irregularly |
| fluctuation |
n. ~ (of/in sth) |
| flue |
n. channel, pipe, etc through which smoke, fumes or
hot air pass from a boiler or oven, usu to a chimney |
| fluent |
adj. able to speak or write a language or perform an
action smoothly, accurately and with ease |
| flux |
n. continuous change or succession of changes; unsettled
state |
| foggy |
adj. not clear because of fog; very misty |
| foible |
n. small, usu harmless, peculiarity or weakness in
a person's character |
| foist |
v. foist sth on sb force sb into accepting sth not
wanted |
| foliage |
n. leaves of a tree or plant; leaves with their stems
and branches |
| folio |
n. large sheet of paper folded once, making two leaves
or four pages of a book |
| fondle |
v. touch or stroke gently and lovingly; caress |
| foolery |
n. foolish behaviour |
| foppery |
Dandyism. |
| foppish |
adj. of or like a fop |
| forbearance |
n. patient self-control; tolerance |
| forby |
Besides. |
| forcible |
adj. done by or involving the use of physical force |
| forebode |
v. be a sign or a warning of (esp trouble) |
| forecast |
v. tell in advance (what is expected to happen); predict
with the help of information |
| forecastle |
n. part of the front of certain ships where the crew
live and sleep |
| foreclose |
v. ~ (of a bank, etc that has lent money for a mortgage)
take possession of the property of (sb), usu because repayments
have not been made |
| forecourt |
n. large open area or courtyard in front of a building,
esp the front of a filling station where petrol is sold |
| forefather |
n. person from whom one is descended; ancestor, esp
a male |
| forego |
To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of. |
| foreground |
n. the foregroundfront part of a view, scene, picture,
etc; part nearest the observer |
| forehead |
n. part of the face above the eyebrows and below the
hair . |
| foreign |
adj. of, in or from a country or an area other than
one's own |
| foreigner |
n. person from a country other than one's own |
| forejudge |
To judge of before hearing evidence. |
| foreman |
n. experienced worker who supervises and directs other
workers |
| foreordain |
in theology ; foreordain or determine beforehand |
| forepeak |
The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the
lowest deck. |
| forerun |
To go before as introducing or ushering in. |
| foresail |
n. main sail on the front mast of a ship |
| foresee |
v. see or know that sth is going to happen in the future;
predict |
| foreshore |
n. part of the shore between the limits of high and
low tides, or between the sea and land that is cultivated
or built on |
| foresight |
n. ability to see what one's future needs are likely
to be; careful planning |
| foretell |
v. (fml) tell (what will happen in the future); predict |
| forethought |
n. careful thought or planning for the future |
| forfeit |
v. lose or give up (sth) as a consequence of or punishment
for having done sth wrong, or in order to achieve sth |
| forfend |
To ward off. |
| forgery |
n. forging (forge |
| forgo |
v. give up or do without (esp sth pleasant) |
| formation |
n. organizing and developing |
| formidable |
adj. causing fear or great anxiety; frightening; awesome |
| formula |
n. (chemistry ) set of symbols showing the elements
that a substance is made of |
| forswear |
v. (promise to) give up (sth); renounce |
| forte |
n. thing that sb does particularly well; strong point |
| forth |
adv. part out from home, etc |
| forthright |
adj. clear and honest in manner and speech; straightforward |
| fortify |
v. ~ sth (against sth) strengthen (a place) against
attack, by building walls, etc |
| fortitude |
n. courage, endurance and self-control in facing pain,
danger or difficulty |
| foursome |
n. four people joining together to play a game, esp
golf |
| fracture |
n. instance of breaking (esp a bone) |
| fragile |
adj. easily damaged or broken; delicate |
| frailty |
n. physical weakness |
| frankincense |
n. type of sweet-smelling gum from a tree, burnt as
incense , |
| frantic |
adj. in an extreme state of emotion, esp fear or anxiety |
| fraternal |
adj. of a brother or brothers; brotherly or friendly |
| fraudulence |
Deceitfulness. |
| fraudulent |
adj. deceitful or dishonest |
| fray |
n. the fray fight, contest or argument; lively or challenging
action |
| free |
adj. (of a person) not a slave or prisoner; allowed
to move where one wants; having physical freedom |
| Freemason |
n. member of an international secret society with the
aims of offering mutual help and developing friendly relations
among its members |
| freethinker |
One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion. |
| frequency |
n. rate of occurrence or repetition of sth, usu measured
over a particular period of time |
| fresco |
n. picture painted in water-colour on a wall or ceiling
before the plaster is dry |
| fretful |
adj. irritable or complaining, esp because unhappy
or worried |
| frightful |
adj. very unpleasant; dreadful |
| frigid |
adj. very cold |
| frivolity |
n. frivolous behaviour |
| frivolous |
adj. not sensible or serious; foolish and light-hearted |
| frizz |
v. form into small tight curls |
| frizzle |
v. ~ (up) twist (hair) into small tight curls |
| frolicsome |
adj. merry; playful |
| frontier |
n. ~ (between sth and sth); ~ (with sth) border between
two countries |
| frugal |
adj. careful and thrifty, esp with money and food |
| fruition |
n. fulfilment of hopes, plans, etc; getting what one
wants or has worked for |
| fugacious |
Fleeting. |
| fulcrum |
n. point on which a lever is supported |
| fulminate |
v. ~ protest strongly and loudly |
| fulsome |
adj. excessive and insincere |
| fumigate |
v. destroy infectious germs, insects, etc in with the
fumes ofcertain chemicals |
| functionary |
n. person with official duties |
| fundamental |
adj. of or forming the basis or foundation of sth;
essential |
| fungible |
That may be measured, counted, or weighed. |
| fungous |
adj. of, like or caused by fungus |
| fungus |
n. any of varioustypes of plant without leaves, flowers
or green colouring-matter, growing on other plants or
decaying matter |
| furbish |
v. ~ sth polish, clean or renovate (esp sth that has
not been used for a long time) |
| furlong |
n. distance of |
| furlough |
n. absence from duty, esp that granted to civil servants,
soldiers, etc working abroad |
| furrier |
n. person who prepares or sells fur or fur clothing |
| furtherance |
n. advancement of sb's interests, a cause, etc |
| furtive |
adj. done secretly and quietly so as not to be noticed |
| fuse |
n. piece of easily burnt material along which a spark
moves to ignite a firework, bomb, etc so that it explodes |
| fusible |
adj. that can be melted or joined together |
| futile |
adj. producing no result; useless; pointless |
| futurist |
n, adj of futurism |
