GRE备考：GRE阅读词汇笔记(24)

　　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