MAT Vocab F2

  1. Flounder
    • to falter, waver, muddle, struggle
    • blunder, stumble, bumble, lurch, lumber
  2. Fluvial
    • of, relating to, or living in a stream or river
    • flowing, alluvial
  3. foible
    • minor weakness or character flaw
    • fault, failing, frailty, vice, blemish
  4. foil
    • to defeat, frustrate
    • thwart, balk, check, baffle
  5. foment
    • to arouse or incite
    • instigate, abet, promote
  6. foolhardy
    • recklessly bold
    • reckless, rash, precipitate, temerarious
  7. fop
    • a man who is devoted to or vain about his appearance or dress 
    • coxcomb, dandy
  8. forbearance
    • patience, restraint, leniency
    • resignation, long suffering, tolerance
  9. ford (v.)
    • to cross a body of water at a shallow place 
    • traverse, wade
  10. forte
    • strong point, something a person does well 
    • metier, specialty
  11. fortuitous
    • happening by chance, fortunate
    • accidental, contingent, incidental
  12. foster
    • to nourish, cultivate, promote 
    • nurture, nurse, advance, futher
  13. founder (v.)
    • to fall helplessly, sink
    • miscarry, immerse, plunge
  14. fracas
    • noisy dispute
    • brawl, broil, donnybrook, fray, melee
  15. fractious
    • unruly, rebellious
    • peevish, cranky, quarrelsome, contentious
  16. frenetic
    • wildly frantic, frenzied, hectic
    • excited, active, bustling, feverish
  17. furtive
    • secret, stealthy
    • covert, clandestine, surreptitious, underhand, shifty
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MAT Vocab F2
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