GRE备考：GRE阅读词汇笔记(25)

　　figment

　　invention; something invented; imaginary thing; Ex. figment of your imagination

　　figurative

　　not literal but metaphorical; using a figure of speech

　　figure

　　written symbols; number; amount represented in numbers; outline or silhouette of a thing or human body; person ; impression; diagram; pattern; group in a dance; Ex. figure of speech; V. calculate with numbers; adorn with figures; app

　　figurine

　　small ornamental statuette

　　filch

　　steal

　　filial

　　pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter; Ex. filial respect

　　filibuster

　　block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches; N; freebooter

　　filigree

　　delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork

　　filing

　　particle removed by a file

　　filth

　　dirty matter; ADJ. filthy

　　finale

　　conclusion; concluding part

　　finery

　　beautiful clothes for a special occasion

　　finesse

　　delicate skill; V: handle with finesse

　　finicky

　　too particular; fussy; difficult to please; too concerned with unimportant details or quality; Ex. finicky about her food

　　finish

　　surface texture; completeness of execution

　　finished

　　properly made and complete; Ex. finished product/performance

　　finite

　　limited

　　firebrand

　　piece of burning wood; hothead; troublemaker; person who stirs up trouble

　　fissure

　　crevice; crack

　　fit

　　sudden outburst of an illness or feeling; convulsion caused by epilepsy

　　fitful

　　spasmodic; intermittent; irregular

　　flaccid

　　flabby; lacking firmness; weak; Ex. flaccid muscles

　　flag

　　droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or strength; ADJ. flagging; CF. unflagging

　　flagrant

　　conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive; blatant; outrageous

　　flail

　　beat with or as if with a flail; move wildly; thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about; N: threshing tool consisting of a stick swinging from the end of a long handle

　　flair

　　talent

　　flamboyant

　　ornate; highly elaborate; richly colored; ostentatious; showy; CF. flame

　　flashy

　　showy; gaudy; giving a momentary brilliance

　　flaunt

　　display ostentatiously; Ex. ``Honey, if youve got it, flaunt it !

　　flay

　　strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly

　　fleck

　　spot; mark with flecks; N: small mark or spot

　　fledgling

　　inexperienced; N: young bird that has acquired wing feathers and is learning to fly; inexperienced person

　　fleece

　　wool coat of a sheep; V: shear the fleece from; rob by a trick; swindle; plunder

　　fleet

　　fast; rapid; N. ADJ. fleeting: passing quickly; ephemeral

　　flick

　　light stroke as with a whip; V: move with a light quick blow; strike with a light quick blow ; Ex. flick the switch

　　flicker

　　burn unsteadily or fitfully; move waveringly; N: flickering movement or light; brief sensation; Ex. flicker of excitement

　　flighty

　　capricious; often changing, esp. from one lover to another; impulsive

　　flinch

　　hesitate; shrink back ; Ex. She did not flinch in the face of danger.

　　flip

　　send spinning, often into the air, by striking with a light quick blow; turn over; Ex. flip over

　　flippant

　　lacking proper seriousness; Ex. flippant remarks about death; N. flippancy

　　flirt

　　behave in a way that attracts attention; deal triflingly with; N: one given to flirting; ADJ. flirtatious

　　flit

　　fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower

　　floe

　　flat mass of floating ice

　　flora

　　plants of a region or era

　　florescence

　　condition or period of flowering

　　florid

　　ruddy; reddish; flowery; very ornate; CF. rose

　　flotsam

　　drifting wreckage

　　flounder

　　struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter ; proceed in confusion

　　flourish

　　grow well; prosper; make sweeping gestures; wave; brandish; Ex. The trees flourished in the sun. N: showy movement or gesture; embellishment or ornamentation

　　flout

　　reject; mock; show contempt for; scorn; Ex. flout the rules

　　flowery

　　full of flowers; full of ornate expressions

　　fluctuate

　　waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves; change or vary irregularly

　　fluency

　　smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent

　　fluke

　　unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune; accidental stroke of good luck; ADJ. fluky

　　flush

　　redden; blush; flow suddenly and abundantly; wash out by a rapid brief flow of water; N: reddish tinge; blush; brief rush; rush of strong feeling; Ex. flush of pride; ADJ: having surfaces in the same plane; even; blushing