Vocabulary Quiz: Word Meanings

Word Meanings

• Fable: A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral lesson.
• Facile: Easily done; effortless; superficial.
• Facsimile: An exact copy.
• Faction: A dissenting group within a larger group.
• Fake: Not genuine; imitation.
• Fallible: Prone to error.
• Fallow: Left unplanted, uncultivated.
• Falsehood: A deliberate lie.
• Famine: Severe shortage of food.
• Fanatic: Extreme enthusiast; zealot.
• Fanatical: Extremely zealous; obsessive.
• Fantasy: Imagined event or experience; dreamlike.
• Fastidious: Very attentive to detail; fussy.
• Fatal: Causing death; destined to end in disaster.
• Fatalism: Belief that all events are predetermined.
• Fatalist: One who believes in fatalism.
• Fauna: Animals of a particular region or period.
• Feasible: Possible to do; practical.
• Feint: A deceptive movement.
• Felicitating: Congratulating; offering well wishes.
• Felicitous: Appropriate; well-suited.
• Felonious: Criminal; wicked.
• Feminist: Advocate for women's rights.
• Ferry: Transporting someone or something across water.
• Festal: Festive; celebratory.
• Feud: A long-standing dispute.
• Fickle: Changing moods; unstable.
• Fictitious: Imaginary; not real.
• Fidelity: Loyalty; faithfulness.
• Figment: Product of imagination; something imaginary.
• Filicide: Murder of one's child.
• Firm: Unwavering; resolute.
• Fixation: An obsessive preoccupation.
• Flair: A natural talent or skill.
• Flamboyant: Showy; extravagant.
• Flaw: A defect; imperfection.
• Fleet: A group of ships; swift.
• Flexible: Capable of bending; adaptable.
• Flick: A quick, short movement.
• Flicker: To shine intermittently.
• Flip side: The opposite aspect or perspective.
• Flock: A group of birds or animals.
• Flora: Plants of a particular region or period.
• Florists: People who sell flowers.
• Flounder: Struggle awkwardly; flounder about.
• Fluke: A fortunate accident.
• Flux: A state of continuous change.
• Foeticide: Intentional killing of an embryo or fetus.
• Folktale: A story passed down through generations.
• Follow: To go or come after.
• Foreman: Supervisor on a work site.
• Forensics: The application of scientific methods to legal problems.
• Foresight: The ability to predict what will happen.
• Forfeit: To lose or give up something as a penalty.
• Forge: To create; to imitate.
• Forgery: The act of creating a fraudulent imitation.
• Forthright: Direct and honest.
• Fortuitous: Happening by chance; lucky.
• Fossil: Remains of a plant or animal.
• Foundling: A child abandoned.
• Foyer: Entrance hall.
• Fragile: Easily broken; delicate.
• Fraility: Weakness.
• Franchise: A right or privilege.
• Fratricide: Murder of a brother.
• Fraud: Deceitful act.
• Fraught: Filled with; troubled by.
• Fugitive: One who flees from justice.
• Fumbling: Moving awkwardly; failing to handle something well.
• Funambulist: Tightrope walker.
• Fundraiser: Person or group collecting money for a cause.
• Fungus: Any of various organisms.
• Fur: Animal's coat.
• Fuselage: Body of an aircraft.
• Fuss: Exaggerated concern or excitement.