® Facetious: humorous, jocular: Your facetious remarks are not appropriate at this serious moment.
® Facilitate: make less difficult: He tried to facilitate matters at home by getting a part-time job.
® Faction: party, clique, dissension: The quarrels and bickering of the two small factions within the club disturbed the majority of the members.
® Fanaticism: excessive zeal: Fanaticism is the cause of most religious hatered.
® Fancied: imagined, unreal: You are resenting fancied insults. No one has ever said such things about you.
® Feasible: practical: This is an entirely feasible proposal, I suggest we adopt it.
® Feint: trick, shift, sham blow: He made a feint in my direction, and then ran towards the house.
® Figment: invention, imaginary thing: That incident is a figment of your imagination.
® Finite: limited: Human knowledge is finite.
® Flagging: weak, drooping: The encouraging cheers of the crowd lifted the team’s flagging spirits.
® Flair: talent: He has an uncanny flair for discovering new artists before the public has become aware of their existence.
® Flinch: hesitate, shrink: He did not flinch in the face of danger but fought back bravely.
® Fluency: smoothness of speech: He spoke French with fluency and ease.
® Fluster: confuse: The teacher’s sudden question flustered him and he stammered his reply.
® Flux: flowing, series of changes: While conditions are in such state of flux, I do not wish to commit myself too deeply in this affair.
® Foolhardy: rash: Don’t be foolhardy; get the advice of experienced people before undertaking this venture.
® Forbearance: patience: We must use forbearance in dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness.
® Formidable: menacing, threatening: We must not treat the battle lightly for we are facing a formidable enemy.
® Fortitude: bravery, courage: He was awarded the medal for his fortitude in the battle.
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