Vocabulary English-English With F Part 2
Flair (adjective)
an innate or inborn capability; having a natural talent
- Director and film producer, Steven Spielberg, has a flair for captivating his audiences with the special effects and superb acting in his movies.
Flank (noun)
one of two or more contrasted parts or places identified by its location with respect to a center
- The slab avalanche is usually easily recognized by its distinct crown and flanks. Slab and other avalanches can be hard or soft, wet or dry and can be triggered naturally/artificially.
Flare (noun)
signal, bright light, or firework used as a signal
- Crew members began to fire flares into the sky when they realized that the ship was doomed to sink.
Flashback (noun)
scene in a movie or book set in a time earlier than the main action
- Some movie directors use flashbacks as a way to create a more dramatic story.
Flaunt (verb)
to display or obtrude oneself to public notice
- It was a sure sign that Embraer can fly as high as its competitor —— a point driven home at the São Paulo show as Embraer opened a new front in the battle, flaunting its first executive jet, the attractively priced $20 million Legacy.
Fleet (noun)
number of vehicles or aircraft operating under one proprietor
- Americans throw away enough aluminum every three months to rebuild their entire commercial air fleet.
Flexibility (noun)
the ability to bend easily without damage
- To maintain flexibility stretching must be performed at least every 36 hours.
Flick (verb)
sudden movement or jerk, especially of the wrist
- Warm your arms by swinging them around. Loosely do boxing style punch drills. Loosely flick your wrists.
Flippant (adjective)
lacking proper respect or seriousness
- Much of Mark Twain’s writings were flippant, and he used his characters to criticize the culture and politics of his era.
Flock (verb)
a very large number of things grouped together
- A flock of geese was seen just south of Orlando, Florida.
Flourish (verb)
improving, growing, or succeeding steadily
- J.C. Penny started a flourishing business in which he offered customers retail products at wholesale prices.
Flower (verb)
to blossom; to reach a peak
- City-states importance were enlarged by the rapid flowering of the Internet and the digital revolution.
Fluffy (adjective) downy, soft, light, puffy
- Fluffy down-filled pillows provide much needed to those who suffer from insomnia.
Fluid (adjective)
substance, especially a gas or liquid, whose shape is determined by its container
- Hawaii’s volcanic eruptions are typically characterized by the relatively quiet outflow of very fluid lava and by sometimes spectacular lava fountains.
Flux (noun)
something suggestive of running water
- The tsunami's energy flux, which is dependent on both its wave speed and wave height, remains nearly constant.
Foe (noun)
one who is hostile to or opposes the purpose or interests of another
- In three remarkable careers as a foe of British oppression and champion of Independence (1761-77), as an American diplomat in Europe (1778-88), and as the first vice president (1789-97) and then the second president (1797-1801) of the United States John Adams was a founder of the United States.
Follow-up (adjective)
a news story presenting new information on a story published earlier
- In a follow-up report published in the May 31 issue of The Lancet, the same group of researchers report that after four years, the children who were exposed to the probiotic were 40% less likely to have atopic eczema than the children in the placebo group.
Forbid (verb)
so disagreeably austere as to discourage approach
- Despite the forbidding conditions, scientists have found certain fish and other animals to exist in the oceans’ deepest regions.
Forefront (noun)
something that occupies a front position; in or into a position of prominence
- At the end of the 19th century, a new way of transmitting power came to the forefront- electricity.
Forecaster (noun)
one who predicts future events such as the weather
- Computer modeling to track these downdrafts and the cloud level ice crystals that help produce them were developed to give forecasters the edge in predicting severe storm systems, and possibly flooding, over the plains.
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