GRE Word list 19
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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