| Sr No. | Word | hindi | Meaning | Example |
| 1416 | foil | पन्नी | contrast | In "Star Wars," dark,
evil Darth Vader is a perfect foil for fair-haired, naive Luke Skywalker. |
| 1417 | foil | पन्नी | defeat; frustrate | In the end, Skywalker is able to
foil Vader's diabolical schemes. |
| 1418 | foist | थोपना | insert improperly; palm off | I will not permit you to foist
such ridiculous ideas upon the membership of this group.
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| 1419 | foliage | पत्ते | masses of leaves | Every autumn before the leaves
fell he promised himself he would drive though the New England to admire the
colorful fall foliage. |
| 1420 | foment | भड़काना | stir up; instigate | This report will foment
disssension in the club. |
| 1421 | foolhardy | उजड्ड | rash | Don't be foolhardy. Get the
advice of experienced people before undertaking this venture. |
| 1422 | foppish | छिछोरा | vain about dress and appearance | He tried to imitate the foppish
manner of the young men of the court. |
| 1423 | foray | धावा | raid | The company staged a midnight
foray against the enemy outpost. |
| 1424 | forberance | forberance | patience | We must use forbearance in
dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness. |
| 1425 | ford | पायाब | place where a river can be
crossed on foot | Rather than risk using the shaky
rope bridge, David walked a half-mile downstream until he came to the
neartest ford. |
| 1426 | forebears | forebears | ancestors | Reverence for one's forebears
(sometimes referred to as ancestor worship) plays an important part in many
Oriental cultures. |
| 1427 | foreboding | भविष्य-ज्ञान | premonition of evil | Caeser ridiculed his wife's
foreboding about the Ides of March. |
| 1428 | forensic | फॉरेंसिक | suitable to debate or courts of
law | In her best forensic manner, the
lawyer addressed the jury. |
| 1429 | foreshadow | पहिले से सूचित करना | give an indication beforehand;
portend; prefigure | In retrospect, political
analysts realized that Yeltsin's defiance of the attempted coup foreshadowed
his emergence as the dominant figure of the new Russian republic. |
| 1430 | foresight | दूरदर्शिता | ability to foresee future
happenings; prudence | A wise investor, she had the
foresight to buy land just before the current real estate boom. |
| 1431 | forestall | पहिले से ग्रहण करना | prevent by taking action in
advance | By setting up a prenuptial
agreement, the prospective bride and groom hoped to forestall any potential
arguments about money in the event of a divorce. |
| 1432 | forgo | त्यागना | give up; do without | Determined to lose weight for
the summer, Ida decided to forgo dessert until she could fit into a size
eight again. |
| 1433 | formality | औपचारिकता | adherence to established rules
or procedures | Signing this petition is a mere
formality; it does not obligate you in any way. |
| 1434 | formidable | दुर्जेय | menacing; threatening | We must not treat the battle
lightly for we are facing a formidable foe. |
| 1435 | forsake | त्यागना | desert; abandon; renounce | No one expected Foster to
forsake his wife and children and run off with another woman. |
| 1436 | forswear | शपथपूर्वक त्यागना | renounce; abandon | The captured knight could escape
death only if he agreed to forswear Christianity and embrace Islam as the one
true faith. |
| 1437 | forte | प्रधान गुण | strong point or special talent | I am not eager to play this
rather seious role, for my forte is comedy. |
| 1438 | forthright | निष्कपट | straightforward; direct; frank | I prefer Jill's forthright
approach to Jack's tendency to beat around the bush. |
| 1439 | fortitude | धैर्य | bravery; courage | He was awarded the medal for his
fortitude in the battle. |
| 1440 | fortuitous | आकस्मिक | accidental; by chance | There is no connection between
these two events; their timing is entirely fortuitous. |
| 1441 | foster | पालक | rear; encourage | According to the legend, Romulus
and Remus were fostered by a she-wolf that raised the abandoned infants as
her own. |
| 1442 | founder | संस्थापक | fail completely; sink | After hitting the submerged
iceberg, the Titanic started taking in water rapidly and soon foundered. |
| 1443 | founder | संस्थापक | person who establishes (an
organization, business) | Among those drowned when the
Titanic sank was the founder of the Abraham & Straus chain. |
| 1444 | fracas | कोलाहल | brawl; melee | The military police stopped the
fracas in the bar and arrested the belligerents. |
| 1445 | fractious | झगड़ालू | unruly | The fractious horse unseated its
rider. |
| 1446 | frailty | दोष | weakness | The doctor prescribed vitamin
and mineral supplements for the sick old woman because of her frailty. |
| 1447 | franchise | मताधिकार | right granted by authority | The city issued a franchise to
the company to operate surface transit lines on the streets for ninety-nine
years. |
| 1448 | frantic | उन्मत्त | wild | At the time of the collision,
many people became frantic with fear. |
| 1449 | fraudulent | धोखाधड़ी | cheating; deceitful | The government seeks to prevent
fraudulent and misleading advertising. |
| 1450 | fraught | भरा हुआ | filled | Since this enterprise is fraught
with danger, I will ask for volunteers who are willing to assume the risks. |
| 1451 | fray | दंगा | brawl | The three musketeers were in the
thick of fray. |
| 1452 | frenetic | उन्मत्त | frenzied; frantic | His frenetic activities
convinced us that he had no organized plan of operation. |
| 1453 | frenzied | क्रोधित | madly excited | As soon as they smelled smoke,
the frenzied animals milled about in their cages. |
| 1454 | fresco | फ्रेस्को | painting in plaste (usually
fresh) | The cathedral is visited by many
tourists who wish to admire the frescoes by Glotto. |
| 1455 | fret | झल्लाहट | to be annonyed or vexed | To fret over your poor grades is
foolish; instead, decide to work harder in the future. |
| 1456 | friction | टकराव | clash in opinion; rubbing
against | At this time when harmony is
essential, we cannot afford to have any friction in our group. |
| 1457 | frieze | फ्रीज़ | ornamental band on a wall | The frieze of the church was
adorned with sculpture. |
| 1458 | frigid | उदासीन | intensely cold | Alaska is in the frigid zone. |
| 1459 | fritter | टिकिया | waste | He could not apply himself to
any task and frittered away his time in idle conversation. |
| 1460 | frivolous | तुच्छ | lacking in seriousness;
self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant | Though Nancy enjoyed Bill's
frivolous, lighthearted companionship, she sometimes wondered whether he
could ever be serious. |
| 1461 | frolicsome | खिलाड़ी | prankish; gay | The frolicsome puppy tried to
lick the face of its master. |
| 1462 | frond | फॉण्ड | fern leaf; palm or banana leaf | After the storm the beach was
littered with the fronds of palm trees. |
| 1463 | fructify | उपजाऊ बनाना | bear fruit | This peach tree should fructify
in three years. |
| 1464 | frugality | स्वल्प व्ययिता | thrift; economy | In these economically difficult
days businesses must practice frugality or risk bankruptcy. |
| 1465 | fruition | स्वाद | bearing of fruit; fulfillment;
realization | This building marks the fruition
of all our aspirations and years of hard work. |
| 1466 | fugitive | भगोड़ा | fleeting or transitory; roving | The film brought a few fugitive
images to her mind, but on the whole it made no lasting impression upon her. |
| 1467 | fulcrum | आधार | support on which a lever rests | If we use this stone as a
fulcrum and the crowbar as a lever, we may be able to move this boulder. |
| 1468 | fulminate | फूटना | thunder; explode | The people against whom she
fulminated were innocent of any wrongdoing. |
| 1469 | fulsome | अति | disgustingly excessive | His fulsome praise of the
dictator annoyed his listeners. |
| 1470 | functionary | पदाधिकारी | official | As his case was transferred from
one functionary to another, he began to despair of ever reaching a
settlement. |
| 1471 | fundamental | मौलिक | basic; primary; essential | The committee discussed all
sorts of side issues without ever getting down to addressing the fundamental
problem. |
| 1472 | funereal | उत्तर क्रिया-संबंधी | sad; solemn | I fail to understand why there
is such a funereal atmosphere; we have lost a battle, not a war. |
| 1473 | furor | उत्तेजना | frenzy; great excitement | The story of her embezzlement of
the funds created a furor on the stock exchange. |
| 1474 | furtive | चुराया हुआ | stealthy; sneaky | The boy gave a furtive look at
his classmate's test paper. |
| 1475 | fusilade | fusilade | simultaneous firing or outburs
(of missiles, questions, etc.) | Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
concludes with a thunderous fusilade of cannon fire. |
| 1476 | fusion | विलय | union; coalition | The opponents of the political
party in power organized a fusion of disgruntled groups and became an
important element in the election. |
| 1477 | futile | निरर्थक | ineffective; fruitless | Why waste your time on futile
pursuits? |
