HOT WORDS VOCABULARY 9 th GRADE LESSON 14 1 facilitate v to make easy to help bring about To facilitate our move the company sent a crew to box up all the furniture 2 fallacy ID: 762128
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HOT WORDS VOCABULARY 9 th GRADE LESSON 14
1 . facilitate (v.) – to make easy; to help bring about To facilitate our move, the company sent a crew to box up all the furniture..
2 . fallacy (n.) – false idea; mistaken belief By the time I had discovered the fallacy in his argument, he had already claimed victory..
3 . fastidious (adj) hard to please; dainty in taste John was so fastidious that his messy fraternity brothers refused to live with him.
4. fervor (n.) – intense emotion; great warmth or feeling Alicia does her volunteer work with such fervor that she was awarded “Volunteer of the Year”.
5 . fitful (adj.) – erratic or irregular When the fitful machine gun fire became constant, the troups decided to withdraw..
6 . flagrant (adj.) - outrageous; obviously offensive After being accused of flagrant misuse of the company funds, the bookkeeper resigned.
7. fledgling (adj.) – newly developed; little known Luckily, the fledgling pilot’s mistake was corrected before the plane crashed.
8 . forlorn (adj.) - deserted; left alone and neglected; unhappy -Feeling forlorn and full of self-pity, Eddie was a danger to himself, so his sister had him committed.
9 . formidable ( adj.) hard to overcome, to be dreaded -Requirements for getting into the Ivy League College were so formidable, that Laurie didn’t have much hope.
10 . fortuitous (adj.) happening by chance Wally’s fortuitous meeting with Mr. Brown in the restaurant is what eventually led to his successful career as an author.