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　　SAT词汇中以字母F为首的词汇不占少数，新航道小编整理SAT考试中F部高频词汇，供大家参考。

　　fabricate (v.) to make up, invent (When I arrived an hour late to class, I fabricated some

　　excuse about my car breaking down on the way to school.)

　　façade 1. (n.) the wall of a building (Meet me in front of the museum’s main façade.) 2.

　　(n.) a deceptive appearance or attitude (Despite my smiling façade, I am feeling

　　melancholy.)

　　facile 1. (adj.) easy, requiring little effort (This game is so facile that even a four-yearold

　　can master it.) 2. (adj.) superficial, achieved with minimal thought or care,

　　insincere (The business was in such shambles that any solution seemed facile at best;

　　nothing could really helpit in the long-run.)

　　fallacious (adj.) incorrect, misleading (Emily offered me cigarettes on the fallacious

　　assumption that I smoked.)

　　fastidious (adj.) meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards

　　(Mark is so fastidious that he is never able to finish a project because it always seems

　　imperfect to him.)

　　fathom (v.) to understand, comprehend (I cannot fathom why you like that crabby and

　　fatuous (adj.) silly, foolish (He considers himself a serious poet, but in truth, he only

　　writes fatuous limericks.)

　　fecund (adj.) fruitful, fertile (The fecund tree bore enough apples to last us through the

　　entire season.)

　　felicitous 1. (adj.) well suited, apt (While his comments were idiotic and rambling, mine

　　were felicitous and helpful.) 2. (adj.) delightful, pleasing (I spent a felicitous

　　afternoon visiting old friends.)

　　feral (adj.) wild, savage (That beast looks so feral that I would fear being alone with it.)

　　fervent (adj.) ardent, passionate (The fervent protestors chained themselves to the

　　building and shouted all night long.)

　　fetid (adj.) having a foul odor (I can tell from the fetid smell in your refrigerator that

　　your milk has spoiled.)

　　fetter (v.) to chain, restrain (The dog was fettered to the parking meter.)

　　fickle (adj.) shifting in character, inconstant (In Greek dramas, the fickle gods help

　　Achilles one day, and then harm him the next.)

　　fidelity (n.) loyalty, devotion (Guard dogs are known for the great fidelity they show

　　toward their masters.)

　　figurative (adj.) symbolic (Using figurative language, Jane likened the storm to an

　　angry bull.)

　　flabbergasted (adj.) astounded (Whenever I read an Agatha Christie mystery novel, I

　　am always flabbergasted when I learn the identity of the murderer.)

　　flaccid (adj.) limp, not firm or strong (If a plant is not watered enough, its leaves

　　become droopy and flaccid.)

　　flagrant (adj.) offensive, egregious (The judge’s decision to set the man free simply

　　because that man was his brother was a flagrant abuse of power.)

　　florid (adj.) flowery, ornate (The writer’s florid prose belongs on a sentimental

　　Hallmark card.)

　　flout (v.) to disregard or disobey openly (I flouted the school’s dress code by wearing a

　　tie-dyed tank top and a pair of cut-off jeans.)

　　foil (v.) to thwart, frustrate, defeat (Inspector Wilkens foiled the thieves by locking them

　　in the bank along with their stolen money.)

　　forage (v.) to graze, rummage for food (When we got lost on our hiking trip, we foraged

　　for berries and nuts in order to survive.)

　　forbearance (n.) patience, restraint, toleration (The doctor showed great forbearance in

　　calming down the angry patient who shouted insults at him.)

　　forestall (v.) to prevent, thwart, delay (I forestalled the cold I was getting by taking

　　plenty of vitamin C pills and wearing a scarf.)

　　forlorn (adj.) lonely, abandoned, hopeless (Even though I had the flu, my family

　　decided to go skiing for the weekend and leave me home alone, feeling feverish and

　　forlorn.)

　　forsake (v.) to give up, renounce (My New Year’s resolution is to forsake smoking and

　　drinking.)

　　fortitude (n.) strength, guts (Achilles’ fortitude in battle is legendary.)

　　fortuitous (adj.) happening by chance, often lucky or fortunate (After looking for

　　Manuel and not finding him at home, Harriet had a fortuitous encounter with him

　　at the post office.)

　　forum (n.) a medium for lecture or discussion (Some radio talk-shows provide a good

　　forum for political debate.)

　　foster (v.) to stimulate, promote, encourage (To foster good health in the city, the mayor

　　started a “Get out and exercise!” campaign.)

　　fractious (adj.) troublesome or irritable (Although the child insisted he wasn’t tired, his

　　fractious behavior—especially his decision to crush his cheese and crackers all over

　　the floor—convinced everyone present that it was time to put him to bed.)

　　fraught (adj.) (usually used with “with”) filled or accompanied with (Her glances in his

　　direction were fraught with meaning, though precisely what meaning remained

　　unclear.)

　　frenetic (adj.) frenzied, hectic, frantic (In the hours between night and morning, the

　　frenetic pace of city life slows to a lull.)

　　frivolous (adj.) of little importance, trifling (Someday, all that anxiety about whether

　　your zit will disappear before the prom will seem totally frivolous.)

　　frugal (adj.) thrifty, economical (Richard is so frugal that his diet consists almost

　　exclusively of catfish and chicken liver—the two most inexpensive foods in the

　　store.)