Vocabulary - Set 6
EXOTIC: Strange and foreign - an exotic costume imported from Asia.
EXPLOIT (verb): To use for one's selfish purpose – refugees exploited by unscrupulous employers.
(noun): A brilliant deed - lauded for his exploits in science.
Synonym: feat
EXTINCT: No longer existing or active - the extinct dinosaur, alive only in history.
Synonym: defunct
Antonym: extant
FACADE: Front or face, especially of a building - a facade of marble.
FEASIBLE: Workable - a feasible plan, proved practical by - previous experience.
Antonym: impracticable
FETISH.
(1) Something that is believed to have magical powers - savages worshipping the fetish in a ceremonial dance.
Synonym: charm, talisman, amulet
(2) An object of unreasoning devotion and worship – Photography, begun as a hobby, became a fetish.
FICTITIOUS: Unreal; made-up - used a fictitious name to avoid being recognized.
Synonym: fabricated
FLAUNT: Display or wave boastfully - flaunted the excellent report before his delighted
parents.
FLEETING: Passing swiftly -the fleeting hours of happiness
Synonyms: transitory, fugitive
FLUCTUATE: To waver from one course to another; to vary irregularly - his mood fluctuating with every hour.
Synonyms: oscillate, vacillate, undulate, sway
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