| GRE word list - F |
| fabricate |
CONSTRUCT, MANUFACTURE; specifically :to construct from
diverse and usually standardized parts |
| facetious |
joking or jesting often inappropriately:WAGGISH |
| facilitate |
to make easier:help bring about |
| faction |
a party or group (as within a government) that is often
contentious or self-seeking:CLIQUE |
| fade |
to change gradually in loudness, strength, or visibility |
| fail-safe |
incorporating some feature for automatically counteracting
the effect of an anticipated possible source of failure |
| faint |
lacking strength or vigor:performed, offered, or accomplished
weakly or languidly |
| fainthearted |
lacking courage or resolution:TIMID |
| fallacy |
a:a false or mistaken idea b:erroneous character:ERRONEOUSNESS |
| falsehood |
absence of truth or accuracy |
| falter |
a:to hesitate in purpose or action:WAVER b:to lose drive
or effectiveness |
| fantasy |
imaginative fiction featuring especially strange settings
and grotesque characters |
| farce |
ridiculous or empty show |
| fascinate |
to be irresistibly attractive |
| fast |
1. in a firm or fixed manner 2. the act to eat sparingly
or abstain from some foods |
| fasten |
to attach especially by pinning, tying, or nailing |
| fastidious |
showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| fathom |
to penetrate and come to understand |
| fatigue |
weariness or exhaustion from labor, exertion, or stress |
| fatuous |
complacently or inanely foolish:SILLY |
| fawn |
to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner |
| faze |
to disturb the composure of:DISCONCERT, DAUNT |
| feckless |
WEAK, INEFFECTIVE |
| fecund |
fruitful in offspring or vegetation:PROLIFIC |
| feeble |
markedly lacking in strength |
| fender |
a device in front of locomotives and streetcars to lessen
injury to animals or pedestrians in case of collision |
| feral |
not domesticated or cultivated:WILD |
| fertilize |
to make fertile |
| fervid |
marked by often extreme fervor |
| fervor |
intensity of feeling or expression |
| fetid |
having a heavy offensive smell |
| fetter |
to restrain from motion, action, or progress |
| fiasco |
a complete failure |
| fictitious |
of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction:IMAGINARY |
| fidelity |
the quality or state of being faithful |
| figurative |
representing by a figure or resemblance:EMBLEMATIC |
| figurine |
a small carved or molded figure |
| filibuster |
the use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay
or prevent action especially in a legislative assembly |
| filigree |
ornamental openwork of delicate or intricate design |
| filly |
a young female horse usually of less than four years |
| filter |
a porous article or mass (as of paper or sand) through which
a gas or liquid is passed to separate out matter in suspension |
| finch |
any of numerous songbirds (especially families Fringillidae,
Estrildidae, and Emberizidae) having a short stout usually conical
bill adapted for crushing seeds |
| finesse |
skillful handling of a situation:adroit maneuvering |
| finicky |
extremely or excessively nice, exacting, or meticulous in
taste or standards |
| flaccid |
not firm or stiff; also :lacking normal or youthful firmness |
| flagging |
LANGUID, WEAK |
| flamboyant |
marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display
or behavior |
| flange |
a projecting edge of cloth used for decoration on clothing |
| flannel |
outer garments of flannel; especially:men's trousers |
| flatter |
to praise excessively especially from motives of self-interest |
| flaw |
a defect in physical structure or form |
| flax |
any of a genus (Linum of the family Linaceae, the flax family)
of herbs; especially:a slender erect annual (L. usitatissimum)
with blue flowers commonly cultivated for its bast fiber and
seed |
| fledge |
to acquire the feathers necessary for flight or independent
activity |
| flexible |
capable of being flexed:PLIANT |
| flinch |
to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain:WINCE; also
:to tense the muscles involuntarily in anticipation of discomfort |
| flint |
a massive hard quartz that produces a spark when struck
by steel |
| flippancy |
unbecoming levity or pertness especially in respect to grave
or sacred matters |
| flirt |
to behave amorously without serious intent |
| flit |
to move about rapidly and nimbly. |
| flock |
a group of birds or mammals assembled or herded togetherto
gather or move in a flock |
| florid |
flowery; ruddy |
| flounder |
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually |
| flourish |
to grow luxuriantly:THRIVE |
| flout |
to treat with contemptuous disregard:SCORN |
| fluctuate |
to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| fluent |
a:ready or facile in speechb:effortlessly smooth and rapid:POLISHED |
| flush |
to pour liquid over or through; especially:to cleanse or
wash out with or as if with a rush of liquid |
| fluster |
to put into a state of agitated confusion:UPSET |
| fluvial |
of, relating to, or living in a stream or river |
| foible |
a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior:WEAKNESS |
| foil |
a thin piece of material (as metal) put under an inferior
or paste stone to add color or brilliance |
| foliage |
the aggregate of leaves of one or more plants |
| folly |
a foolish act or idea |
| foment |
to promote the growth or development of:ROUSE, INCITE |
| fondness |
tender affection |
| foolhardy |
foolishly adventurous and bold:RASH |
| footloose |
having no ties:free to move about |
| forbears |
To refrain from; resist |
| ford |
A shallow place in a body of water, such as a river, where
one can cross by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle |
| forebear |
person from whom one is descended; ancestor ; |
| forestry |
the management of growing timber |
| foreword |
prefatory comments (as for a book) especially when written
by someone other than the author |
| forgery |
an act of forging; especially:the crime of falsely and fraudulently
making or altering a document (as a check) |
| forgo |
do without ; lose or lose the right to by some error, offense,
or crime |
| formidable |
causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| forthright |
free from ambiguity or evasiveness:going straight to the
point |
| fortify |
to make strong:as to give physical strength, courage, or
endurance to |
| foster |
to promote the growth or development of:ENCOURAGE |
| founder |
1. to become submerged:SINK 2. one that founds or establishes |
| fracture |
RUPTURE, TEAR |
| fragile |
a:easily broken or destroyedb:constitutionally delicate:lacking
in physical vigor |
| fraudulent |
characterized by, based on, or done by fraud:DECEITFUL |
| freelancer |
a person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment
to any one employer |
| freewheel |
to move, live, or play freely or irresponsibly |
| frenzy |
a violent mental or emotional agitation |
| frequent |
to associate with, be in, or resort to often or habitually |
| fresco |
the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster
with water-based pigments |
| fret |
an agitation of mind:IRRITATION |
| friable |
easily crumbled or pulverized |
| friction |
the rubbing of one body against another |
| frieze |
a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough
surface |
| frigid |
intensely cold; cold in manner |
| frivolous |
intensely cold |
| frothy |
gaily frivolous or light in content or treatment:INSUBSTANTIAL |
| frowsy |
[ frowzy: ] untidy or unkempt in appearance; shabby |
| frowzy |
having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance |
| frugal |
characterized by or reflecting economy in the use of resources |
| frustrate |
a:to balk or defeat in an endeavorb:to induce feelings of
discouragement in |
| full-bodied |
imparting to the palate the general impression of substantial
weight and rich texture |
| fulminate |
to send forth censures or invectives |
| fungi |
any of a major group (Fungi) of saprophytic and parasitic
spore-producing organisms usually classified as plants that
lack chlorophyll and include molds, rusts, mildews, smuts, mushrooms,
and yeasts |
| furnace |
an enclosed structure in which heat is produced |
| furor |
A general commotion; public disorder or uproar. |
| furtive |
done by stealth:SURREPTITIOUS |
| fury |
intense, disordered, and often destructive rage |
| fussy |
Calling for or requiring great attention to sometimes trivial
details |
| fusty |
saturated with dust and stale odors:MUSTY |
| futility |
the quality or state of being futile:USELESSNESS |
