foolhardy(FOOL hahr dee) adj.rash; reckless; bold or daring in a foolish way- Sid’s rushing into the burning building to rescue the cat was both heroic
and foolhardy. - Sometimes foolhardyacts are rewarded by thankful people; most times
they’re rewarded by disaster.
foreboding(fawr BOH ding) n.a prescience or portent, especially of something
bad to come - When Nan and Suzie stepped into the haunted house, they each had a
feeling of foreboding. - Audrey’s forebodingcaused her to exit the tunnel, just moments before it
collapsed.
forgery(FAWR joer ee) n.the act of imitating artworks, money, signatures, etc.
with the intent to deceive - Elmyr de Hory sold hundreds of pieces of art forgeryto the galleries and
museums of the world. - His story was originally told in the bookFake,by Clifford Irving, who later
wrote the forgeryof Howard Hughes’s autobiography. - The Secret Service’s main task is to stop forgeryof U.S. currency.
[forgeries pl.]
forlorn (fawr LAWRN) adj.1. deserted or abandoned; 2. unhappy and lonely - Being marooned on a desert island would tend to make one feel forlorn.
- Left standing at the altar, Harold heaved a forlornsigh.
[-ly adv., -ness n.]
forsake(fawr SAYK) vt.1. to give up; abandon (a habit, ideal, etc.); 2. to leave;
renounce - Having decided to forsakehis 1971 Chevy, Gerald left it by the side of the
road in Timbuktu. - It behooves anyone who has started smoking cigarettes to forsakethat prac-
tice forthwith. - Janet vowed to forsakeher life of crime and to become a doer of good
deeds.
[forsook, -n, forsaking]
fortitude (FAWR ti tood) n.the strength to withstand pain and misfortune
calmly and patiently - Although the fire’s consumption of their home was a great loss to Malcom
and his family, they withstood it with fortitude. - It is not easy to display fortitudein the face of tragedy, but by definition,
that’s the only way one can do it.
[Syn. grit, courage]
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