Building and Enriched Vocabulary Lesson 16 Lesson 16

Building and Enriched Vocabulary Lesson 16

Lesson 16 Vocabulary Exodus Fabricate Fatuous Exotic Facetious Feasible Expedient Facsimile Feign Exploit Fallacy Felicitous Expound Fathom Fetish

Exodus Noun Definition: A departure, usually of large numbers of people.

Exotic Adjective Definition: Foreign, charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual.

Expedient Adjective and Noun Definition: Adjective: Advantageous to one’s interest or purpose Noun: An emergency course of action; a means to an end.

Exploit Verb Definition: To use to the greatest possible advantage, often selfishly.

Expound Verb Definition: To explain in detail.

Fabricate Verb Definition: (a) To assemble or construct from separate parts. (b) To make up with intention of deceiving.

Facetious Adjective Definition: Not meant seriously; playful or humorous.

Facsimile Noun and Adjective Definition: Noun: An exact copy Adjective: Reproduced exactly.

Fallacy Noun Definition: (a)Faulty reasoning; an error in logic (b)A false or mistaken notion

Fathom Noun and Verb Definition: Noun: A unit in length roughly equal to six feet and used primarily in the measurement of marine depths. Verb: To get to the bottom of; to understand.

Fatuous Adjective Definition: Unconsciously foolish, stupid, or absurd

Feasible Adjective Definition: Possible; both doable and workable.

Feign Verb Definition: To pretend or give false appearance of.

Felicitous Adjective Definition: Agreeably suited to the purpose or occasion; aptly or gracefully expressed.

Fetish Noun Definition: (a)An object believed among primitive peoples to have magical powers. (b)An object of unreasonably excessive attention or reverence.