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 |
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