IELTS Exam Vocabulary List - F
- fabricate v. To invent fancifully or falsely.
- fabulous adj. Incredible.
- facet n. One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem.
- facetious adj. Amusing.
- facial adj. Pertaining to the face.
- facile adj. Not difficult to do.
- facilitate v. To make more easy.
- facility n. Ease.
- facsimile n. An exact copy or reproduction.
- faction n. A number of persons combined for a common purpose.
- factious adj. Turbulent.
- fallacious adj. Illogical.
- fallacy n. Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning.
- fallible adj. Capable of erring.
- fallow n. Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.
- famish v. To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst.
- fanatic n. A religious zealot.
- fancier n. One having a taste for or interest in special objects.
- fanciless adj. Unimaginative.
- fastidious adj. Hard to please.
- fathom n. A measure of length, 6 feet.
- fatuous adj. Idiotic
- faulty adj. Imperfect.
- faun n. One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet.
- fawn n. A young deer.
- fealty n. Loyalty.
- feasible adj. That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable.
- federate v. To league together.
- feint n. Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement.
- felicitate v. To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event.
- felicity n. A state of well-founded happiness.
- felon n. A criminal or depraved person.
- felonious adj. Showing criminal or evil purpose.
- felony n. One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment.
- feminine adj. Characteristic of woman or womankind.
- fernery n. A place in which ferns are grown.
- ferocious adj. Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature.
- ferocity n. Savageness.
- fervent adj. Ardent in feeling.
- fervid adj. Intense.
- fervor n. Ardor or intensity of feeling.
- festal adj. Joyous.
- festive adj. Merry.
- fete n. A festival or feast.
- fetus n. The young in the womb or in the egg.
- feudal adj. Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal.
- feudalism n. The feudal system.
- fez n. A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel.
- fiasco n. A complete or humiliating failure.
- fickle adj. Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose.
- fictitious adj. Created or formed by the imagination.
- fidelity n. Loyalty.
- fiducial adj. Indicative of faith or trust.
- fief n. A landed estate held under feudal tenure.
- filibuster n. One who attempts to obstruct legislation.
- finale n. Concluding performance.
- finality n. The state or quality of being final or complete.
- finally adv. At last.
- financial adj. Monetary.
- financier n. One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations.
- finery n. That which is used to decorate the person or dress.
- finesse n. Subtle contrivance used to gain a point.
- finite adj. Limited.
- fiscal adj. Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government.
- fishmonger n. One who sells fish.
- fissure n. A crack or crack-like depression.
- fitful adj. Spasmodic.
- fixture n. One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position.
- flag-officer n. The captain of a flag-ship.
- flagrant adj. Openly scandalous.
- flamboyant adj. Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste.
- flatulence n. Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels.
- flection n. The act of bending.
- fledgling n. A young bird.
- flexible adj. Pliable.
- flimsy adj. Thin and weak.
- flippant adj. Having a light, pert, trifling disposition.
- floe n. A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice.
- flora n. The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district.
- floral adj. Pertaining to flowers.
- florid adj. Flushed with red.
- florist n. A dealer in flowers.
- fluctuate v. To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another.
- fluctuation n. Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another.
- flue n. A smoke-duct in a chimney.
- fluent adj. Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas.
- fluential adj. Pertaining to streams.
- flux n. A state of constant movement, change, or renewal.
- foggy adj. Obscure.
- foible n. A personal weakness or failing.
- foist v. To palm off.
- foliage n. Any growth of leaves.
- folio n. A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once.
- folklore n. The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people.
- fondle v. To handle tenderly and lovingly.
- foolery n. Folly.
- foot-note n. A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column.
- foppery n. Dandyism.
- foppish adj. Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners.
- forbearance n. Patient endurance or toleration of offenses.
- forby adv. Besides.
- forcible adj. Violent.
- forecourt n. A court opening directly from the street.
- forejudge v. To judge of before hearing evidence.
- forepeak n. The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck.
- foreshore n. That part of a shore uncovered at low tide.
- forebode v. To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil.
- forecast v. To predict.
- forecastle n. That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds.
- foreclose v. To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property.
- forefather n. An ancestor.
- forego v. To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of.
- foreground n. That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator.
- forehead n. The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair.
- foreign adj. Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country.
- foreigner n. A citizen of a foreign country.
- foreknowledge n. Prescience.
- foreman n. The head man.
- foreordain v. To predetermine.
- foreordination n. Predestination.
- forerun v. To go before as introducing or ushering in.
- foresail n. A square sail.
- foresee v. To discern beforehand.
- foresight n. Provision against harm or need.
- foretell v. To predict.
- forethought n. Premeditation.
- forfeit v. To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation.
- forfend v. To ward off.
- forgery n. Counterfeiting.
- forgo v. To deny oneself.
- formation n. Relative disposition of parts.
- formidable adj. Difficult to accomplish.
- formula n. Fixed rule or set form.
- forswear v. To renounce upon oath.
- forte n. A strong point.
- forth adv. Into notice or view.
- forthright adv. With directness.
- fortify v. To provide with defensive works.
- fortitude n. Patient courage.
- foursome adj. Consisting of four.
- fracture n. A break.
- fragile adj. Easily broken.
- frailty n. Liability to be broken or destroyed.
- fragile adj. Capable of being broken.
- frankincense n. A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes.
- frantic adj. Frenzied.
- fraternal adj. Brotherly.
- fraudulence n. Deceitfulness.
- fraudulent adj. Counterfeit.
- fray v. To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads.
- freemason n. A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans.
- freethinker n. One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion.
- free trade n. Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs.
- frequency n. The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space.
- fresco n. The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings.
- freshness n. The state, quality, or degree of being fresh.
- fretful adj. Disposed to peevishness.
- frightful adj. Apt to induce terror or alarm.
- frigid adj. Lacking warmth.
- frigidarium n. A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc.
- frivolity n. A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice.
- frivolous adj. Trivial.
- frizz v. To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to.
- frizzle v. To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair.
- frolicsome adj. Prankish.
- frontier n. The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country.
- frowzy adj. Slovenly in appearance.
- frugal adj. Economical.
- fruition n. Fulfillment.
- fugacious adj. Fleeting.
- fulcrum n. The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns.
- fulminate v. To cause to explode.
- fulsome adj. Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.
- fumigate v. To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection.
- functionary n. An official.
- fundamental adj. Basal.
- fungible adj. That may be measured, counted, or weighed.
- fungous adj. Spongy.
- fungus n. A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom.
- furbish v. To restore brightness or beauty to.
- furlong n. A measure, one-eighth of a mile.
- furlough n. A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer.
- furrier n. A dealer in or maker of fur goods.
- further adj. More distant or advanced.
- furtherance n. Advancement.
- furtive adj. Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief.
- fuse v. To unite or blend as by melting together.
- fusible adj. Capable of being melted by heat.
- futile adj. Of no avail or effect.
- futurist n. A person of expectant temperament.
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