"Word" - (form of speech)

Meaning
Usage

"Fabricate" - (verb) 

to make up, invent 

Example: When I arrived an hour late to class, I fabricated some excuse about my car breaking down on the way to school.

meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards 

Example: Mark is so fastidious that he is never able to finish a project because it always seems imperfect to him.

silly, foolish 

Example: He considers himself a serious poet, but in truth, he only writes fatuous limericks.

ardent, passionate 

Example: The fervent protestors chained themselves to the building and shouted all night long.

to chain, restrain 

Example: The dog was fettered to the parking meter.

loyalty, devotion 

Example: Guard dogs are known for the great fidelity they show toward their masters.

astounded 

Example: Whenever I read an Agatha Christie mystery novel, I am always flabbergasted when I learn the identity of the murderer.

offensive, egregious 

Example: The judge’s decision to set the man free simply because that man was his brother was a flagrant abuse of power.

to disregard or disobey openly 

Example: I flouted the school’s dress code by wearing a tie-dyed tank top and a pair of cut-off jeans.

to graze, rummage for food 

Example: When we got lost on our hiking trip, we foraged for berries and nuts in order to survive.

to prevent, thwart, delay 

Example: I forestalled the cold I was getting by taking plenty of vitamin C pills and wearing a scarf.

to give up, renounce 

Example: My New Year’s resolution is to forsake smoking and drinking.

happening by chance, often lucky or fortunate 

Example: After looking for Manuel and not finding him at home, Harriet had a fortuitous encounter with him at the post office.

to stimulate, promote, encourage 

Example: To foster good health in the city, the mayor started a “Get out and exercise!” campaign. 

usually used with “with” filled or accompanied with 

Example: Her glances in his direction were fraught with meaning, though precisely what meaning remained unclear.

"Frivolous" - (adjective) 

of little importance, trifling 

Example: Someday, all that anxiety about whether your zit will disappear before the prom will seem totally frivolous.

secretive, sly 

Example: Jane’s placement of her drugs in her sock drawer was not as furtive as she thought, as the sock drawer is the first place most parents look.

incorrect, misleading 

Example: Emily offered me cigarettes on the fallacious assumption that I smoked.

to understand, comprehend 

Example: I cannot fathom why you like that crabby and mean-spirited neighbor of ours.

fruitful, fertile 

Example: The fecund tree bore enough apples to last us through the entire season.