GRE word list - F

CONSTRUCT, MANUFACTURE; specifically :to construct from diverse and

fabricate
usually standardized parts
facetious joking or jesting often inappropriately:WAGGISH
facilitate to make easier:help bring about
a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-
faction
seeking:CLIQUE
fade to change gradually in loudness, strength, or visibility
incorporating some feature for automatically counteracting the effect of an
fail-safe
anticipated possible source of failure
lacking strength or vigor:performed, offered, or accomplished weakly or
faint
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
imaginative fiction featuring especially strange settings and grotesque
fantasy
characters
farce ridiculous or empty show
fascinate to be irresistibly attractive
1. in a firm or fixed manner 2. the act to eat sparingly or abstain from some
fast
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
a device in front of locomotives and streetcars to lessen injury to animals or
fender
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
the use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action
filibuster
especially in a legislative assembly
filigree ornamental openwork of delicate or intricate design
filly a young female horse usually of less than four years
a porous article or mass (as of paper or sand) through which a gas or liquid is
filter
passed to separate out matter in suspension
any of numerous songbirds (especially families Fringillidae, Estrildidae, and
finch 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
any of a genus (Linum of the family Linaceae, the flax family) of herbs;
flax 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
to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain:WINCE; also :to tense the
flinch
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.
a group of birds or mammals assembled or herded togetherto gather or move
flock
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
to pour liquid over or through; especially:to cleanse or wash out with or as if
flush
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
a thin piece of material (as metal) put under an inferior or paste stone to add
foil
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
A shallow place in a body of water, such as a river, where one can cross by
ford
walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle
forebear person from whom one is descended; ancestor ;
forestry the management of growing timber
prefatory comments (as for a book) especially when written by someone other
foreword
than the author
an act of forging; especially:the crime of falsely and fraudulently making or
forgery
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
a:easily broken or destroyedb:constitutionally delicate:lacking in physical
fragile
vigor
fraudulent characterized by, based on, or done by fraud:DECEITFUL
a person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to any
freelancer
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
the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based
fresco
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
imparting to the palate the general impression of substantial weight and rich
full-bodied
texture
fulminate to send forth censures or invectives
any of a major group (Fungi) of saprophytic and parasitic spore-producing
fungi 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