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