Context Clues
Her argument was fallacious, a web of flawed reasoning and misleading assumptions, making it easy to see why she was rejected.
False; misleading
A decorator showing her client many types of wallpaper. Every time she holds up a sample, the client says, “Hideous!” The faster she shows the samples, the faster the client says, “Hideous!”
Fastidious
Disclose
Provide information; reveal
Careful with money; thrifty
Frugal
Antonym of Fervor
Apathy
Despite the discouraging results, the researchers continued their experiments with unwavering fervor, fueled by a belief that a breakthrough was eminent.
Strong Passion
A little girl and her teacher. The teacher is holding up a picture of a pickle and a picture of a nickel and she asked the girl which one she likes better. The girl says she likes the pickle better. Then she says she likes. The nickel better. She continues to alternate, changing her mind every few seconds.
Fickle
Circumscribe
Draw a line around; define limits; confine; restrict
Furtive
Synonym of Flagrant
Audacious
A player who commits a flagrant foul in a basketball game is penalized for a serious and obvious violation of the rules.
Openly and obviously evil; glaring; conspicuous
A newly-hatched bird trying to fly with fresh wings. The bird can not fly because it is a beginner.
Fledgling
Bombast
Speech or writing intended to impress the audience, pompous
Lacking firmness; soft; limp
Flaccid
Antonym of Foment
The politician’s inflammatory rhetoric was intended to foment discord among the citizens, hoping to exploit their anger for political gain.
To stir into action; rouse; incite
A woman wakes up every morning at four o’clock and has a vision in which she can “see” the events of the coming day.
Atrophy
Waste away; wither
Futile
Synonym of Fulminate
Denounce
The journalists and angry protestors began to fulminate against the new policy changes.
A person sits in the electric chair. Just minutes earlier, a storm knocked out the power and now one of the guards asks if the electricity is back on. The prisomer smiles casually and gestures to the large switch on the wall next to the chair: “Just flip and see.”
Flippancy
Copious
In large quantity, abundant
Garbled
Synonym of Garbled
Falsify