Vocabulary builder – Exercise 1

Feat – A feat is an accomplishment or achievement

Feeble – weak, weakened, powerless, delicate

Feign – to feign is to fake or pretend

Felicity – blissfulness, happiness

Faculty – teaching staff, professors, teachers

Fable – parable, tale, allegory

Fabulous – amazing, marvelous

Fad – rage, craze, fashion, mania

Fallacy – misconception, error, illusion

Fallible – imperfect, frail, unreliable

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word.

1. The acrobats performed ………………… of strength and dexterity.

2. The old woman is too ………………… to walk without support.

3. She ………………. innocence and they believed her.

4. Being locked in an ice-cream parlor was the boy’s idea of ………………..

5. He joined the ………………… of Oxford University.

6. The explorer talked about his ……………… adventures in Africa.

7. Tell them the ………………. about the fox and the grapes.

8. Miniskirts were a ……………….. in the sixties.

9. It is a …………………. that everyone needs the same amount of sleep.

10. He is usually right, but his judgment is …………………..

Answers

1. The acrobats performed feats of strength and dexterity.

2. The old woman is too feeble to walk without support.

3. She feigned innocence and they believed her.

4. Being locked in an ice-cream parlor was the boy’s idea of felicity.

5. He joined the faculty of Oxford University.

6. The explorer talked about his fabulous adventures in Africa.

7. Tell them the fable about the fox and the grapes.

8. Miniskirts were a fad in the sixties.

9. It is a fallacy that everyone needs the same amount of sleep.

10. He is usually right, but his judgment is fallible.