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GRE Word list 19

Terms

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fallacious
false; misleading
fallacy
mistaken idea based on flawed reasoning; invalid argument
fallible
liable to err
fallow
plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
falter
hesitate
fanaticism
excessive zeal
fancied
imagined; unreal
fancier
breeder or dealer of animals
fancy
notion; whim; inclination
fanfare
call by bugles or trumpets; showy display
farce
broad comedy; mockery
fastidious
difficult to please; squeamish
fatalism
belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control
fathom
comprehend; investigate
fatuous
brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug
fauna
animals of a period or region
fawning
trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing
faze
disconcert; dismay
feasible
practical
febrile
feverish
feckless
feeble and ineffective; careless and irresponsible
fecundity
fertility; fruitfulness
feign
pretend
feint
trick; shift; sham blow
felicitous
suitably expressed; well chosen
felicity
happiness; appropriateness
fell
cruel; deadly; cut or knock down; bring down (with a missle)
felon
person convicted of a grave crime
feral
not domestic; wild
ferment
agitation; commotion
ferret
drive or hunt out of hiding
fervent
ardent; hot
fervid
ardent
fervor
glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
fester
rankle; produce irritation or resentment
festive
joyous; celebratory
fete
honor at a festival
fetid
malodorous; foul smelling
fetter
shackle
fiasco
total failure
fiat
command; authorization
fickle
changeable; faithless
fictitious
imaginary
fidelity
loyalty
figment
invention; imaginary thing
figurative
not literal; but metaphorical; using a figure of speech
figurine
small ornamental statuette
filch
steal
filial
pertaining to a son or daughter
filibuster
block legislation by making long speeches
filigree
delicate, lacelike network
filing
particle removed by a file
finale
conclusion
finesse
delicate skill
finicky
too particular; fussy
finite
limited
firebrand
hothead; troublemaker
fissure
crevice
fitful
spasmodic; intermittent
flaccid
flabby
flag
droop; grow feeble
flagrant
conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous
flail
thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about
flair
talent
flamboyant
ornate
flaunt
display ostentatiously
flay
strip off skin; plunder; whip; attack with harsh criticism
fleck
spot
fledgling
inexperienced
fleece
wool coat of a sheep; rob; plunder
flick
light stroke as with a whip
flinch
hesitate; shrink

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