feasible ADJ. /可行的/practical. Is it feasible to build a new stadium for the Yankees on New York's West Side? Without
additional funding, the project is clearly unrealistic.
fecundity N. /丰饶/fertility; fruitfulness. The fecundity of his mind is illustrated by the many vivid images in his poems. feign V. /假装;捏造/pretend. Lady Macbeth feigned illness although she was actually healthy.
feint N. /假的，淡的，不鲜明的;佯攻/trick; shift; sham blow. The boxer was fooled by his opponent's feint and dropped his
guard. also V.
felicitous ADJ. /措辞巧妙的;精巧的/apt; suitably expressed; well chosen. He was famous for his felicitous remarks and
was called upon to serve as master-of-ceremonies at many a banquet. felicity, N.
felicity N. /欢乐;适当/happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.). She wrote a note to the newlyweds
wishing them great felicity in their wedded life.
fell ADJ. /凶猛的，致命的/cruel; deadly. The newspapers told of the tragic spread of the fell disease.
fell V. /放倒，打倒/cut or knock down; bring down (with a missile). Crying "Timber!" Paul Bunyan felled the mighty
redwood tree. Robin Hood loosed his arrow and felled the king's deer.
felon N. /重罪犯/person convicted of a grave crime. A convicted felon loses the right to vote.
feral ADJ. /野生的，未驯服的/not domestic; wild. Abandoned by their owners, dogs may revert to their feral state, roaming
the woods in packs.
ferment N. /激怒;挑起骚动、暴乱/agitation; commotion. With the breakup of the Soviet Union, much of Eastern Europe
was in a state of ferment.
ferret V. /侦查;搜出;赶出/drive or hunt out of hiding. She ferreted out their secret.
fervent ADJ. /炙热的/ardent; hot. She felt that the fervent praise was excessive and somewhat undeserved. fervid ADJ. /炙热的/ardent. Her fervid enthusiasm inspired all of us to undertake the dangerous mission. fervor N. /热情;激情/glowing ardor; intensity of feeling. At the protest rally, the students cheered the strikers and booed
the dean with equal fervor.
fester V. /使溃烂，化脓/rankle; produce irritation or resentment. Joe's insult festered in Anne's mind for days, and made
her too angry to speak to him.
festive ADJ. /欢乐;庆祝/joyous; celebratory. Their wedding in the park was a festive occasion. fetid ADJ. /恶臭的/malodorous. The neglected wound became fetid. fetter V. /羁绊/shackle. The prisoner was fettered to the wall.
fiasco N. /彻底失败/total failure. Our ambitious venture ended in a fiasco and we were forced to flee.
fickle ADJ. /变化无常的;薄情的/changeable; faithless. As soon as Romeo saw Juliet, he forgot all about his old girlfriend
Rosaline. Was Romeo fickle?
fictitious ADJ. /想象的/imaginary. Although this book purports to be a biography of George Washington, many of the
incidents are fictitious.
fidelity N. /忠诚/loyalty. A dog's fidelity to its owner is one of the reasons why that animal is a favorite household pet. figment N. /发明;臆造的事务/invention; imaginary thing. That incident never took place; it is a figment of your
imagination.
figurative ADJ. /比喻/not literal, but metaphorical; using a figure of speech. "To lose one's marbles" is a figurative
expression; if you're told that Jack has lost his marbles, no one expects you to rush out to buy him a replacement set.
figurine N. /小雕像/small ornamental statuette. In The Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade was hired to trace the missing
figurine of a black bird.
filament N. /灯丝;精细的织物或线/fine thread or fiber; threadlike structure within a light bulb. A ray of sunlight illuminated
the filaments of the spider web, turning the web into a net of gold.
filch V. /偷/steal. The boys filched apples from the fruit stand.
filial ADJ. /子女的/pertaining to a son or daughter. Many children forget their filial obligations and disregard the wishes of their parents.
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