facet N. /(宝石的)琢面;方面/small plane surface (of a gem); a side. The stonecutter decided to improve the rough
diamond by providing it with several facets.
facetious ADJ. /不合时宜的玩笑;幽默/joking (often inappropriately); humorous. I'm serious about this project; I don't
need any facetious, smartalecky cracks about do-gooder little rich girls.
facile ADJ. /充足的;容易完成的;肤浅的/easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial. Words came easily to Jonathan:
he was a facile speaker and prided himself on being ready to make a speech at a moment's notice.
facilitate V. /促进;帮助;使变容易/help bring about; make less difficult. Rest and proper nourishment should facilitate the
patient's recovery.
facsimile N. /复制品/COPY. Many museums sell facsimiles of the works of art on display. faction N. /派别;内讧;纠纷/party; clique; dissension. The quarrels and bickering of the two small factions within the club
disturbed the majority of the members.
faculty N. /才能，教职员工/mental or bodily powers; teaching staff. As he grew old, Professor Twiggly feared he might
los e his faculties and become unfit to teach. However, he had tenure: whether or not he was in full possession of his faculties, the school couldn't kick him off the faculty.
Word List 19 fallacious-flinch
fallacious ADJ. /假的;误导的/false; misleading. Paradoxically, fallacious reasoning does not always yield erroneous
results: even though your logic may be faulty, the answer you get may nevertheless be correct. fallacy, N.
fallible ADJ. /容易犯错的/liable to err. I know I am fallible, but I feel confident that I am right this time.
fallow ADJ. /休耕地;潜伏的;不活跃的/plowed but not sowed; uncultivated. Farmers have learned that it is advisable to
permit land to lie fallow every few years.
falter V. /犹豫;踌躇/hesitate. When told to dive off the high board, she did not falter, but proceeded at once.
fanaticism N. /狂热的，盲目的/excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause. When Islamic fundamentalists
demanded the death of Salman Rushdie because his novel questioned their faith, world opinion condemned them for their fanaticism.
fancy N. /爱好;奇特;想象/notion; whim; inclination. Martin took a fancy to paint his toenails purple. Assuming he would
outgrow such fanciful behavior, his parents ignored his fancy feet. alsoADJ.
fanfare N. /号角声/call by bugles or trumpets. The exposition was opened with a fanfare of trumpets and the firing of
cannon.
farce N. /闹剧;嘲笑/broad comedy; mockery. Nothing went right; the entire interview degenerated into a farce. farcical,
fastidious ADJ. /挑剔的;难伺候的/difficult to please; squeamish. Bobby was such a fastidious eater that he would eat a
sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
fatalism N. /宿命论/belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control. With fatalism, he accepted the
hardships that beset him. fatalistic, ADJ.
fathom V. /领会;调查，测量/comprehend; investigate. I find his motives impossible to fathom; in fact, I'm totally clueless
about what goes on in his mind.
fatuous ADJ. /愚蠢的;不可理喻的;不理智的/foolish; inane. He is far too intelligent to utter such fatuous remarks.
fauna N. /动物志/animals of a period or region. The scientist could visualize the fauna of the period by examining the
skeletal remains and the fossils.
fawning ADJ. /奉承/courting favor by cringing and flattering. She was constantly surrounded by a group of
fawning admirers who hoped to win some favor. fawn, V.
faze V. /折磨，打击/disconcert; dismay. No crisis could faze the resourceful hotel manager.
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