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fastidious
meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards
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fallacious
incorrect, misleading
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facile
easy, requiring little effort
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facade
1. wall of a building 2. deceptive appearance or attitude
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fraught
to be filled or accompanied with
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fractious
troublesome, irritating
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forsake
to give up, renounce
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forestall
to thwart, prevent, delay
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forbearance
patience, restraint, toleration
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flagrant
offensive, egregious
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flaccid
limp, neither firm nor strong
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fetter
to chain, restrain
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felicitious
1. well-suited, apt 2. delightful, pleasing
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garish
gaudy, in bad taste
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gluttony
overindulgence in food or drink
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gourmand
someone fond of eating and drinking, epicurean
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grandiloquence
lofty, pompous landguage
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gratuitous
uncalled for, unwarranted
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gregarious
- 1. drawn to the company of others, sociable.
- 2. a: of a plant : growing in a cluster or a colony
- b : living in contiguous nests but not forming a true colony —used especially of wasps and bees
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grievous
injurious, hurtful, serious or grave in nature
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guile
deceitful, cunning, sly behavior
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hackneyed
unoriginal, trite
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hallowed
revered, consecrated
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harangue
1. a ranting speech 2. to give such a speech
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hardy
robust, capable of surviving through adverse conditions
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harrowing
greatly distressing, vexing
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hedonist
one who belieeves pleasure should be the primary pursuit of humans
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hegemony
- 1. preponderant influence or authority over others
- 2. the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group
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heinous
shocking wicked, repugnant
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knell
the solemn sound of a bell, often indicating a death
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juxtaposition
the act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison
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