Building and Enriched Vocabulary Lesson 16
Lesson 16 Vocabulary Exodus Fabricate Fatuous Exotic Facetious Feasible Expedient Facsimile Feign Exploit Fallacy Felicitous Expound Fathom Fetish
A departure, usually of large numbers of people. Exodus Noun Definition: A departure, usually of large numbers of people.
Foreign, charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual. Exotic Adjective Definition: Foreign, charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual.
Expedient Definition: Adjective and Noun Definition: Adjective: Advantageous to one’s interest or purpose Noun: An emergency course of action; a means to an end.
To use to the greatest possible advantage, often selfishly. Exploit Verb Definition: To use to the greatest possible advantage, often selfishly.
Expound Verb Definition: To explain in detail.
Fabricate Definition: To assemble or construct from separate parts. Verb Definition: To assemble or construct from separate parts. To make up with intention of deceiving.
Not meant seriously; playful or humorous. Facetious Adjective Definition: Not meant seriously; playful or humorous.
Adjective: Reproduced exactly. Facsimile Noun and Adjective Definition: Noun: An exact copy Adjective: Reproduced exactly.
Faulty reasoning; an error in logic Fallacy Noun Definition: Faulty reasoning; an error in logic A false or mistaken notion
Verb: To get to the bottom of; to understand. 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.
Unconsciously foolish, stupid, or absurd Fatuous Adjective Definition: Unconsciously foolish, stupid, or absurd
Possible; both doable and workable. Feasible Adjective Definition: Possible; both doable and workable.
To pretend or give false appearance of. Feign Verb Definition: To pretend or give false appearance of.
Felicitous Adjective Definition: Agreeably suited to the purpose or occasion; aptly or gracefully expressed.
An object believed among primitive peoples to have magical powers. Fetish Noun Definition: An object believed among primitive peoples to have magical powers. An object of unreasonably excessive attention or reverence.