extreme
a. outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit |
facet
n. small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface |
factor
n. anything that contributes causally to a result; element; variable |
faithful
a. given with strong assurance; firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty |
famine
n. shortage of food; starvation |
fare
n. food and drink; diet; transportation charge; a paying passenger |
fascinating
a. capable of arousing and holding the attention |
fatal
a. causing death; leading to failure or disaster |
feat
n. an achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength; accomplishment |
feeble
a. lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail |
felicitous
a. apt; suitably expressed; well chosen |
ferocious
a. fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty |
ferry
n. shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft |
fertilizer
n. any substance used to make soil more fertile |
festive
a. offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory |
fiber
n. slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth |
finance
n. management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund |
firmament
n. fixed foundation; established base; region of the air; sky or heavens; the most remote of the celestial spheres |
fissure
n. long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface |
flammable
a. easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable |
fluctuate
v. rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly |
fluent
a. easy and graceful in shape; graceful; smooth and unconstrained in movement |
focus
n. most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest or activity |
foe
n. enemy; one who entertains hatred, grudge; adversary |
foul
n. act that violates of the rules of a sport |
fracas
n. noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance |
fragrant
a. having a pleasant or sweet smell; odorous |
frail
a. physically weak; easily broken |
fraudulent
a. cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud |
function
n. act of executing or performing any duty; assigned duty or activity |
fuse
v. combine; blend; become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat |
fuss
n. angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel |
gait
n. manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving |
gallant
a. courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility |
gambol
v. dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully |
gamut
n. entire range; all notes in musical scale |
garment
n. any article of clothing, as coat or gown |
gauche
a. awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth |
genius
n. exceptional creative ability; unusual mental ability; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
genuine
a. authentic; sincerely and honestly felt or experienced; real or true |
glamour
n. air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring; magic spell |
glare
n. light; brightness; fierce or angry stare |
gourmet
n. person with discriminating taste in food and wine |
gradual
a. proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive |
grove
n. group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard |
grudge
v. be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent |
gruel
n. liquid food made by boiling oatmeal |
grumble
v. utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds |
guileless
a. free from deceit; sincere; honest |
hangar
n. shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft |
hatch
v. breed; emerge from the egg |
haven
n. refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port |
hazardous
a. dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks |
hazy
a. slightly obscure; unclear, confused, or uncertain |
hectic
a. feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body |
herbivorous
a. grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants |
hinge
n. a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other |
hobble
v. walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly |
horde
n. a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd |
hospitable
a. disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive |
hospitality
n. act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward |
hostage
n. prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms |