| A | B |
|---|
| foster | to stimulate, promote, encourage |
| frivolous | unimportant; trivial |
| fugacious (FUG flee + -OUS full of) | fleeting; lasting but a short time |
| fulsome (think full) | abundant; excessive (note: A word to avoid, since it is often used in a negative sense as in something that is overdone or sickeningly excessive) |
| gamut | the entire range or scale of something (for example, musical notes) |
| gourmand (think gourmet) | one who likes eating and drinking |
| guileless (guile + LESS without) | sincere; honest; naïve; innocently earnest |
| hackney | to make boring or stale through severe overuse (e.g., a word, phrase, or song) |
| hedonist (think Eden + -IST one who) | one whose primary pursuit is pleasure (and thereby the avoidance of pain) |
| heretic | one who holds opinions contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy. |
| histrionics (think hysteria) | excessively dramatic or emotional (such as in theatrical acting) |
| illicit (IL not + LICIT/LICEN permitted) | not legally permitted; disapproved of for moral reasons |
| impecunious (IM not) | having no money; excessively poor; penniless |
| impetuous (IM in + PED child; as in like a child) | characterized by sudden or rash action; hasty; impulsive and passionate |
| impolitic (IM not; think the opposite of what a good politican would do) | not wise; not judicious |
| incessant (IN not + CEASE) | without interruption |
| inchoate | just begun; not yet completed; beginning state; rudimentary |
| inextricable (IN not + EX out + -ABLE) | hopelessly confused or tangled |
| inimical (think enemy; this is a spelling variation) | unfriendly; hostile |
| iniquity (IN not + IQUI/EQUI equal) | gross injustice or wickedness; unequalness |
| innate (IN in + NAT birth) | inborn, native, inherent |
| insolent | boldly rude or disrespectful; arrogant |
| intrinsic (IN in; think interior) | belonging to a thing by its very nature; coming from within (NOT from without) |
| inundate (IN in + UND waves) | to flood; to overwhelm (such as with work or school) |
| inveigh | to protest strongly; to give angry disapproval |
