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Vocabulary words beginning with F.

Facetious adjective

Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

Fatuous adjective

Showing a lack of intelligence or thought, often in a way that is foolish or silly.

Filigree noun uncommon

Delicate ornamental work made from fine gold, silver, or other metal wires, arranged in artistic patterns often used in jewelry and decorative art.

Fledged Formal Academic Biology adjective uncommon

Having acquired the feathers necessary for flight or being fully developed and capable of independence, especially in reference to young birds.

Fortuitous adjective

Happening by chance, often in a lucky or beneficial way.

fallibility Academic Philosophy noun common

The quality or state of being capable of making mistakes or being wrong.

fecund Formal Literary Academic adjective

Producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring, vegetation, or creative ideas; highly fertile or productive.

futile Formal Academic adjective common

Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless or ineffective.