Words Starting With "F"

1. F
2. Fabricate (V) – to invent false information in order to trick people; “The evidence was totally fabricated means the evidence was mendacious”; to make or produce goods, equipment, etc. from various different materials; manufacture
3. Factotum [N] – a person employed to a wide variety of jobs; “Foray is the nature of being factotum, where factotum means an attempt to become involved in a different activity or profession
4. Fallible [A] – able to make mistakes or do wrong; infallible or inerrancy is the opposite of fallible; “All human beings are fallible”
5. Falter [V] – to become weaker or less effective; waver; “The economy shows no signs of faltering; her courage never faltered”; to speak in a way that shows that you are not confident
6. Fancier [N] – a person who has special interest in something, especially somebody who keeps or breeds birds, animals or plants; a pigeon fancier
7. Fancy [N] – notion; whim; inclination; “Martin took a fancy to pain his toenails purple”
8. Fatuous [A] – stupid; brainless; inane; foolish; silly; weak
9. Fealty (N) – loyalty; faithfulness
10. Febrile – indicating fever, or derived from it
11. Fell [A] – fell disease; very evil or violent
12. Feral [N] – not domestic; wild
13. Ferment [N] – agitation; commotion; political excitement or unrest
14. Fervent [A] – ardent; characterized by intense emotion; extremely hot; torrid; enthusiastic; passionate; “A fervent farewell speech”
15. Fester [V] – of a cut or wound become infected and filled with pus; rankle; produce irritation or resentment; “His insult festered in my mind”
16. Fetid (A) –stinking, especially from decay; four-smelling; malodorous; noisome; smelly; repugnant; ‘fetid street’
17. Fiat [N] – command; authorization; decree; “Although the bill abolishing the allowances are privileges of former princes was rejected by the upper house, it was put into effect by presidential fiat”
18. Fickle (A) – changeable or unstable in affection, interest or loyalty; capricious; arbitrary; mercurial; a fickle lover; Gita is too fickle to decide what career she wants to pursue, today she says astronaut, tomorrow she says mayor.
19. Figment [N] – invention; imaginary things; “Was he hearing real voices in the night, or were they just a figment or his imagination?”
20. Filigree [N] – fine ornamental work using gold, silver, or copper wire; “A filigree brooch or earring”
21. Finesse [N] – skill in dealing with people or situation clearly or tactfully; “His gregarious personality comes out of his finesse"
22. Finicky – overly particular in taste or standards
23. Fitful [A] – spasmodic; intermittent; “After several fitful attempts, he decided to postpone the start of the project until he felt more energetic”
24. Flaccid [A] – flabby; soft and weak; loose and limp; not firm; “Flaccid breasts”
25. Flail [V] – thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about; wave or swing about wildly
26. Flair [N] – talent; a natural ability to do something well; “He has a flair for languages”
27. Flamboyant – showy, flashy, gaudy, ostentatious
28. Flaunt [V] – to show something you are proud to other people in order to impress them; “She openly flaunted her affair with the senator”; to behave in a confident and sexual way to attract attention
29. Flay [V] – to remove the skin from an animal or person, usually when they are dead; to hit or whip somebody very hard so that some of their skin comes off; to criticize somebody/yourself severely
30. Fleck [N] – a very small area of a particular color; “Her hair was dark with flecks of grey”; also [N]
31. Flimsy (A) – weak; feeble; limp
32. Flinch [V] – to make a sudden movement with your face or body as a result of pain fear or surprise; “He flinched at the sight of the blood”
33. Flit [V] – fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; “Butterflies flitted from flower to flower”
34. Florid [A] – a florid complexion of a person means a red complexion; a florid language means the language with too much detail; "If you got to Florida and get a sunburn, your complexion will look florid”
35. Flout [V] – defy law; to deliberately refuse to obey a rule or custom
36. Fop [N] – dandy; a man who is too interested in his clothes and the way he looks
37. Foible [N] – idiosyncrasy; weakness; a silly habit or a strange or weak aspect of a person’s character that is considered harmless by other people; “we have to tolerate each other’s little foibles”
38. Foist [V] – impose; to force somebody to accept somebody or something that they do not want; ‘The title of her novel was foisted on her by the publishers”
39. Foment – to instigate, stir up, stimulate
40. Foment [V] – incite for something wrong; to create trouble or violence or make it worse; “They accused him of fomenting political unrest”
41. Foolhardy [A] – reckless; taking unnecessary risks; “It would be foolhardy to sail in bad weather”; reckless means showing a lack of care about danger and possible results of your actions
42. Foraging (N) – the act of searching for food and provisions; scrounging
43. Foray [N] – an attempt to become involved in a different activity; a short sudden attack made by a group of soldiers; a short journey to find a particular thing or to visit a new place; expedition
44. Forbearance [N] – patience; the quality of being patient and sympathetic towards other people, especially when they have done something wrong
45. Forbears [N] – ancestors
46. Ford [N] – place where a river can be crossed on foot; an ox crossed Themes at Oxford
47. Foreboding [N] – premonition of evils; a strong feeling that something unpleasant is going to happen; foreboding of earthquake
48. Forestall [V] – prevent by taking action in advance; “by sitting up a prenuptial (relating to events before marriage – antenuptial or premarital) agreements the prospective bride and groom hoped to forestall any potential arguments about money”
49. Forgo [V] – give up; do without; the workers agreed to forgo a pay increase for the sake of greater security
50. Forlorn [A] – lonely and unhappy
51. Formidable [A] – inspiring fear or apprehension; difficult; awe-inspiring; awesome; a formidable task
52. Forswear [V] – give up; renounce; my mother couldn’t forswear smoking
53. Forte [N] – strong point or special talent; though I am the student of major English I have strong forte in math
54. Fortitude [N] – bravery; courage
55. Fortuitous [A] – accidental; happening by chance; a fortuitous meeting
56. Founder [V] – fail (a plan) completely; break down; the project foundered as a result of lack of finance
57. Fracas [N] – brawl; melee; a noisy quarrel; fight or disturbance; the police were called into break up the fracas; altercation; affray
58. Fractious [A] – irritable; disobedient; fractious children; fractious horses
59. Frail [A] – fragile; physically weak or delicate
60. Fraught [A] – fill with or charged with something; causing emotional distress; a situation fraught with danger
61. Fray [N] – fracas; brawl; melee; affray
62. Frenetic [A] – very excited; frenzied; frantic; frenetic activity; distraught with fear and violence
63. Fresco [N] – picture painted in water color on a wall or ceiling before the plaster is dry
64. Fret [V] – be annoyed or vexed; worry unnecessarily or excessively; to fret your poor grade is foolish, instead, decide to work harder in the future
65. Frigid [A] – very cold
66. Frivolous [A] – lacking in seriousness, foolish and lighthearted; silly; flippant; giddy; frolicsome; perky; merry; dizzy; trivial; vain
67. Frolic [N] - a lively or enjoyable activity that makes people forget their problems
68. Frond [N] – fern leaf; palm or banana leaf
69. Frosty (A) – devoid or warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; covered with frost
70. Fructify [V] – bear fruits
71. Fry (N) – a young fish
72. Fugitive [N] – a fugitive criminal; a person who is running away
73. Fulminate [V] – to make loud, sudden noise; to send forth decrees with force or authority; protest strongly and loudly; denounce thunderously explode
74. Fulsome [A] – flattery; disgusting excessive; excessive and insincere
75. Furor [N] – frenzy and great excitement; general uproar or admiration or anger
76. Furtive [A] – stealthy; sneaky; done secretly and quietly so as not to be noticed