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发布时间:2016-03-01  编辑:查字典英语网小编

  Barron GRE word list - F

  fabricate

  build; lie; make up in order to deceive; Ex. fabricate the whole story; CF. fabric: underlying structure; Ex. fabric of society

  facade

  front or face ; superficial or false appearance

  facet

  small plane surface ); a side

  facetious

  joking ; unserious; humorous

  facile

  easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; something that facil

  facilitate

  help bring about; make less difficult

  facsimile

  copy

  faction

  party; clique ; dissension

  factious

  inclined to form factions; causing dissension

  factitious

  artificial; produced artificially; sham; false; Ex. factitious tears

  factotum

  handyman; person who does all kinds of work; CF. do everything

  faculty

  mental or bodily powers; teaching staff

  fake

  not genuine; N: one that is not genuine; impostor; sham; V: counterfeit; Ex. fake the results of the experiment/the signature

  fallacious

  false; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument

  fallible

  liable to err

  fallow

  plowed but not sowed ; uncultivated

  falsify

  make false by changing

  falter

  hesitate; weaken in purpose or action; walk or move unsteadily through weakness; N.

  fanaticism

  excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause; N. fanatic; ADJ. fanatic

  fancied

  imagined; unreal

  fancier

  breeder or dealer of animals; one who has a special interest, as for raising specific plant or animal

  fanciful

  whimsical; visionary; imaginary; produced by imagination; Ex. fanciful scheme

  fancy

  imagination ; capricious liking; V: imagine; be fond of; ADJ. decorative; elaborate

  fanfare

  call by bugles or trumpets; showy display; spectacular public display

  farce

  broad comedy; mockery; humorous play full of silly things happening; ADJ. farcical

  far-fetched

  too improbable to be believed; implausible; Ex. far-fetched story

  fashion

  give shape to; make; Ex. fashion the pot out of clay

  fastidious

  difficult to please; squeamish; fussy; finicky

  fatalism

  belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond ones control; ADJ. fatalistic; CF. fatal: causing death

  fathom

  comprehend; investigate; determine the depth of; N. unit of measurement for the depth of water

  fathomless

  too deep to be measured or understood; unfathomable

  fatuous

  smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly; N. fatuity, fatuousness

  fauna

  animals of a period or region; CF. flora

  favoritism

  display of partiality toward a favored person

  fawning

  courting favor by cringing and flattering; V. fawn: exhibit affection as a dog; seek favor or attention by obsequiousness

  faze

  disconcert; dismay; embarrass

  feasible

  practical; able to be carried out; practicable

  feature

  distinctive part of the faces ; features: overall appearance of the face; prominent or distinctive quality; prominent article; film; V: make prominent

  febrile

  feverish

  fecundity

  fertility; fruitfulness; ADJ. fecund: very productive of crops or young

  feebleminded

  deficient in intelligence; very stupid

  feign

  pretend

  feint

  trick; shift; sham blow; feigned attack to draw away defensive action; V.

  felicitous

  apt; suitably expressed; well chosen

  felicity

  happiness; appropriateness ; quality of being felicitous

  feline

  of a member of the cat family; N.

  fell

  cut or knock down ; bring down

  felon

  person convicted of a grave crime; CF. felony: serious crime

  feral

  not domestic; wild

  ferment

  agitation; commotion; unrest ; V. produce by fermentation; undergo fermentation; cause

  fermentation

  chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds; unrest; agitation

  ferocious

  fierce; violent; N. ferocity

  ferret

  drive or hunt out of hiding; hunt with ferrets; drive out ; expel; uncover or discover by searching; Ex. ferret out the secret; N. small fierce animal which catches rats and rabbits by going into their holes

  fertile

  producing many young, fruits, or seeds; producing good crops; V. fertilize

  fervent

  ardent; zealous; hot

  fervid

  ardent; zealous; hot

  fervor

  glowing ardor; intensity of feeling; quality of being fervent or fervid; zeal; intense heat

  fester

  rankle; produce irritation or resentment; generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.

  festive

  joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival

  fete

  honor at a festival; celebrate or honor with a feast; N. festival or feast; CF. feast

  fetid

  malodorous; foul

  fetish

  object believed to have spiritual powers; object of excessive attention or reverence; CF. fetishism

  fetter

  shackle; restrict the freedom of; N. chain or shackle for the foot of a prisoner; CF. foot

  feud

  bitter prolonged quarrel ; V. CF. Romeo and Juliet; CF. feudal, feudalism

  fiasco

  total failure; CF. bottle

  fiat

  command; arbitrary order; Ex. presidential fiat; CF. let it be done

  fickle

  changeable ; faithless

  fictitious

  imaginary; non-existent; purposely invented to deceive; untrue; Ex. fictitious name/boyfriend; CF. fictional

  fidelity

  loyalty; accuracy

  fiend

  evil spirit; devil

  

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