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F-2 / G-1 — Fanatic to Garrulous (50 words)

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The rest of letter F and the start of G: 50 words, from Fanatic to Garrulous.

1. FANATIC (n./adj.)

  • Urdu: متعصب، جنونی
  • Meaning: a person filled with excessive zeal
  • Synonyms: zealot, extremist, bigot, militant, enthusiast
  • Antonyms: moderate, sceptic, liberal
  • Use: Fanatics on social media spread hatred.

2. FASTIDIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: نفاست پسند، بہت باریک بیں
  • Meaning: very attentive to accuracy and detail; hard to please
  • Synonyms: meticulous, fussy, particular, finicky, scrupulous
  • Antonyms: careless, sloppy, easy-going, slapdash
  • Use: He is fastidious about his handwriting.

3. FATHOM (v.)

  • Urdu: سمجھنا، تہ تک پہنچنا
  • Meaning: to understand after much thought
  • Synonyms: understand, comprehend, grasp, work out, penetrate
  • Antonyms: misunderstand, misconstrue, overlook
  • Use: I cannot fathom why he quit his job.

4. FATUOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: احمقانہ، بے ہودہ
  • Meaning: silly and pointless
  • Synonyms: silly, inane, foolish, vacuous, idiotic
  • Antonyms: sensible, wise, intelligent
  • Use: He made a fatuous remark about women drivers.
  • 🔁 CSS 2016

5. FEASIBLE (adj.)

  • Urdu: قابلِ عمل، ممکن
  • Meaning: possible to do easily or conveniently
  • Synonyms: practicable, achievable, viable, workable, possible
  • Antonyms: impossible, impractical, unworkable
  • Use: A feasibility study found the dam feasible.

6. FECKLESS (adj.)

  • Urdu: ناکارہ، بے ذمہ دار
  • Meaning: lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible
  • Synonyms: useless, incompetent, irresponsible, lazy, feeble
  • Antonyms: responsible, capable, efficient, enterprising
  • Use: The feckless manager ignored every warning.

7. FECUND (adj.)

  • Urdu: زرخیز، تخلیقی
  • Meaning: highly fertile; intellectually productive
  • Synonyms: fertile, fruitful, productive, prolific, creative
  • Antonyms: barren, sterile, infertile, unproductive
  • Use: The fecund plains of Punjab feed the nation.

8. FEIGN (v.)

  • Urdu: بہانہ کرنا، ڈھونگ رچانا
  • Meaning: to pretend to be affected by a feeling or condition
  • Synonyms: pretend, fake, simulate, sham, affect
  • Antonyms: be sincere, reveal, show genuinely
  • Use: He feigned illness to avoid the meeting.
  • 🔁 CSS 2026 (pair: fain / feign)

9. FELICITOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: موزوں، برمحل؛ خوشگوار
  • Meaning: well chosen or suited; pleasing
  • Synonyms: apt, fitting, well chosen, appropriate, fortunate
  • Antonyms: infelicitous, inappropriate, unfortunate
  • Use: It was a felicitous choice of words.

10. FERVENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: پرجوش، سرگرم
  • Meaning: having or showing passionate intensity
  • Synonyms: passionate, ardent, zealous, intense, fervid
  • Antonyms: apathetic, indifferent, lukewarm
  • Use: She is a fervent believer in girls' education.

11. FETTER (v./n.)

  • Urdu: بیڑی، زنجیر؛ پابند کرنا
  • Meaning: a chain; to restrict freedom
  • Synonyms: shackle, restrain, restrict, bind, hamper
  • Antonyms: free, release, liberate
  • Use: Red tape fetters innovation.
  • 🔁 CSS 2007

12. FICKLE (adj.)

  • Urdu: متلون مزاج
  • Meaning: changing frequently in loyalty or affection
  • Synonyms: capricious, inconstant, changeable, erratic
  • Antonyms: constant, loyal, steady
  • Use: Voters can be fickle.
  • 🔁 CSS 2009

13. FIDELITY (n.)

  • Urdu: وفاداری؛ درستگی
  • Meaning: faithfulness; accuracy in copying
  • Synonyms: loyalty, faithfulness, devotion, allegiance, accuracy
  • Antonyms: infidelity, disloyalty, betrayal, inaccuracy
  • Use: The translation shows great fidelity to the original.

14. FIGURATIVE (adj.)

  • Urdu: مجازی، استعاراتی
  • Meaning: departing from literal meaning; metaphorical
  • Synonyms: metaphorical, symbolic, non-literal, allegorical
  • Antonyms: literal, exact, actual
  • Use: CSS translation asks you to keep figurative expressions.

15. FINESSE (n.)

  • Urdu: نفاست، مہارت، باریک بینی
  • Meaning: refinement or delicacy of skill
  • Synonyms: skill, flair, adroitness, tact, polish
  • Antonyms: clumsiness, crudeness, ineptitude
  • Use: The diplomat handled the crisis with finesse.

16. FLABBERGASTED (adj.)

  • Urdu: ہکا بکا
  • Meaning: greatly surprised
  • Synonyms: astonished, stunned, dumbfounded, amazed
  • Antonyms: unsurprised, unmoved
  • Use: We were flabbergasted by the result.
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17. FLAGRANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: کھلم کھلا، صریح
  • Meaning: conspicuously and shockingly wrong
  • Synonyms: glaring, blatant, outrageous, brazen
  • Antonyms: hidden, subtle, minor
  • Use: It was a flagrant abuse of power.
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18. FLAMBOYANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: شوخ، نمائشی، بھڑکیلا
  • Meaning: tending to attract attention by confidence and style
  • Synonyms: showy, flashy, ostentatious, extravagant, colourful
  • Antonyms: modest, restrained, understated, plain
  • Use: The flamboyant singer wore gold on stage.

19. FLAUNT (v.)

  • Urdu: نمائش کرنا
  • Meaning: to display ostentatiously
  • Synonyms: show off, parade, flourish, display
  • Antonyms: hide, conceal
  • Use: He flaunted his wealth on social media.
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20. FLEDGLING (n./adj.)

  • Urdu: نو آموز، نوزائیدہ
  • Meaning: a young bird; new and inexperienced
  • Synonyms: emerging, budding, nascent, inexperienced, new
  • Antonyms: established, mature, experienced, veteran
  • Use: The fledgling democracy faced many challenges.

21. FLIPPANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: غیر سنجیدہ، بے ادب
  • Meaning: not showing a serious attitude
  • Synonyms: frivolous, facetious, glib, casual, disrespectful
  • Antonyms: serious, earnest, respectful, solemn
  • Use: Don't give flippant answers in the interview.

22. FLORID (adj.)

  • Urdu: سرخ، لال؛ پرتکلف، مزین
  • Meaning: reddish (of face); overly elaborate (of style)
  • Synonyms: ruddy, flushed; ornate, flowery, elaborate
  • Antonyms: pale, pallid; plain, simple
  • Use: Avoid florid language in official letters.

23. FLOUNDER (v.)

  • Urdu: ڈگمگانا، جدو جہد کرنا
  • Meaning: to struggle clumsily; to be in serious difficulty
  • Synonyms: struggle, flail, falter, stumble, fumble
  • Antonyms: thrive, prosper, succeed
  • Use: The economy floundered after the crisis.

24. FLOUT (v.)

  • Urdu: علانیہ خلاف ورزی کرنا
  • Meaning: to openly disregard a rule or law
  • Synonyms: defy, disobey, breach, violate, ignore
  • Antonyms: obey, observe, comply, respect
  • Use: Many drivers flout traffic laws.
  • Trap: flaunt = show off.

25. FLUCTUATE (v.)

  • Urdu: اتار چڑھاؤ ہونا
  • Meaning: to rise and fall irregularly
  • Synonyms: vary, oscillate, swing, waver, change
  • Antonyms: stabilise, remain steady, stay constant
  • Use: The rupee fluctuated against the dollar.

26. FOIBLE (n.)

  • Urdu: کمزوری، معمولی خامی
  • Meaning: a minor weakness or eccentricity
  • Synonyms: weakness, quirk, flaw, failing, idiosyncrasy
  • Antonyms: strength, virtue, forte
  • Use: Everyone has their foibles.

27. FOMENT (v.)

  • Urdu: بھڑکانا، اکسانا
  • Meaning: to instigate trouble or violence
  • Synonyms: incite, provoke, instigate, stir up, agitate
  • Antonyms: quell, suppress, calm, pacify
  • Use: Foreign agents fomented unrest in the region.

28. FORBEARANCE (n.)

  • Urdu: تحمل، برداشت
  • Meaning: patient self-control; tolerance
  • Synonyms: patience, tolerance, restraint, self-control, leniency
  • Antonyms: impatience, intolerance, anger
  • Use: The Prophet (PBUH) showed great forbearance at Taif.

29. FOREBODING (n.)

  • Urdu: برا شگون، اندیشہ
  • Meaning: a feeling that something bad will happen
  • Synonyms: apprehension, premonition, dread, unease, misgiving
  • Antonyms: optimism, hope, confidence
  • Use: A sense of foreboding hung over the city.

30. FORESTALL (v.)

  • Urdu: پیش بندی کرنا، پہلے ہی روک دینا
  • Meaning: to prevent by acting ahead of time
  • Synonyms: pre-empt, prevent, avert, thwart, head off
  • Antonyms: allow, facilitate, permit
  • Use: Early warning forestalled a disaster.

31. FORLORN (adj.)

  • Urdu: مایوس، بے کس، اداس
  • Meaning: pitifully sad and lonely
  • Synonyms: desolate, wretched, abandoned, hopeless, miserable
  • Antonyms: hopeful, cheerful, happy
  • Use: A forlorn child waited at the bus stop.

32. FORMIDABLE (adj.)

  • Urdu: زبردست، سخت، مرعوب کن
  • Meaning: inspiring fear or respect through power
  • Synonyms: intimidating, daunting, powerful, impressive, mighty
  • Antonyms: weak, easy, feeble, unimpressive
  • Use: Pakistan faced a formidable opponent in the final.

33. FORSAKE (v.)

  • Urdu: ترک کرنا، چھوڑ دینا
  • Meaning: to abandon or give up
  • Synonyms: abandon, desert, renounce, relinquish, quit
  • Antonyms: keep, retain, adopt, embrace
  • Use: Never forsake your principles for money.

34. FORTHRIGHT (adj.)

  • Urdu: صاف گو، سیدھی بات کرنے والا
  • Meaning: direct and outspoken
  • Synonyms: frank, direct, candid, blunt, outspoken
  • Antonyms: evasive, secretive, devious, indirect
  • Use: She gave a forthright assessment of the crisis.

35. FORTITUDE (n.)

  • Urdu: حوصلہ، صبر، استقامت
  • Meaning: courage in pain or adversity
  • Synonyms: courage, resilience, endurance, strength, grit
  • Antonyms: cowardice, weakness, timidity
  • Use: The flood victims showed great fortitude.

36. FORTUITOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: اتفاقی، خوش قسمتی سے
  • Meaning: happening by chance, often luckily
  • Synonyms: accidental, chance, lucky, unplanned, serendipitous
  • Antonyms: planned, intentional, deliberate
  • Use: Their meeting at the airport was fortuitous.

37. FOSTER (v.)

  • Urdu: پروان چڑھانا، فروغ دینا
  • Meaning: to encourage development; to bring up a child
  • Synonyms: encourage, promote, nurture, cultivate, support
  • Antonyms: suppress, hinder, discourage, neglect
  • Use: Schools should foster critical thinking.

38. FRACTIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: چڑچڑا، سرکش، ضدی
  • Meaning: irritable and quarrelsome; hard to control
  • Synonyms: irritable, unruly, quarrelsome, rebellious, difficult
  • Antonyms: docile, amiable, obedient, cooperative
  • Use: The coalition was fractious from the start.

39. FRAIL (adj.)

  • Urdu: کمزور، نازک
  • Meaning: weak and delicate
  • Synonyms: weak, feeble, fragile, infirm, delicate
  • Antonyms: strong, robust, sturdy, healthy
  • Use: The frail old man walked with a stick.

40. FRAUDULENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: جعلی، دھوکے پر مبنی
  • Meaning: obtained or done by deception
  • Synonyms: fake, dishonest, deceitful, bogus, counterfeit
  • Antonyms: genuine, honest, legitimate, authentic
  • Use: The bank froze fraudulent accounts.

41. FRENETIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: دیوانہ وار، بے تحاشا
  • Meaning: fast and energetic in an uncontrolled way
  • Synonyms: frantic, hectic, feverish, wild, frenzied
  • Antonyms: calm, relaxed, leisurely, slow
  • Use: The last week before the exam was frenetic.

42. FRIVOLOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: غیر سنجیدہ، بے معنی
  • Meaning: not having any serious purpose
  • Synonyms: trivial, silly, flippant, frothy, petty
  • Antonyms: serious, important, earnest, significant
  • Use: The court dismissed the frivolous petition.

43. FRUGAL (adj.)

  • Urdu: کفایت شعار
  • Meaning: sparing with money or food
  • Synonyms: thrifty, economical, careful, abstemious
  • Antonyms: extravagant, prodigal, wasteful
  • Use: A frugal lifestyle helped him save for Hajj.
  • 🔁 CSS 2007

44. FULMINATE (v.)

  • Urdu: غصے سے برسنا، شدید مذمت کرنا
  • Meaning: to protest strongly and angrily
  • Synonyms: rail, inveigh, denounce, rant, thunder
  • Antonyms: praise, approve, commend
  • Use: The cleric fulminated against Western culture.

45. FURTIVE (adj.)

  • Urdu: چوری چھپے، خفیہ
  • Meaning: attempting to avoid notice; secretive
  • Synonyms: secretive, stealthy, sly, surreptitious, covert
  • Antonyms: open, frank, overt, candid
  • Use: He cast a furtive glance at the answer sheet.

46. FUTILE (adj.)

  • Urdu: بے سود، بے کار
  • Meaning: incapable of producing any useful result
  • Synonyms: useless, pointless, vain, fruitless, ineffective
  • Antonyms: useful, fruitful, effective, successful
  • Use: Arguing with him is futile.

47. GAFFE (n.)

  • Urdu: شرمناک غلطی، بے محل بات
  • Meaning: an embarrassing blunder in a social situation
  • Synonyms: blunder, mistake, faux pas, slip, error
  • Antonyms: success, tact
  • Use: The minister's gaffe went viral.

48. GAINSAY (v.)

  • Urdu: انکار کرنا، تردید کرنا
  • Meaning: to deny or contradict
  • Synonyms: deny, contradict, dispute, challenge, refute
  • Antonyms: affirm, confirm, agree, support
  • Use: No one can gainsay his contribution to science.

49. GALLANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: بہادر، دلیر؛ شائستہ
  • Meaning: brave; chivalrous towards women
  • Synonyms: brave, courageous, valiant, chivalrous, heroic
  • Antonyms: cowardly, rude, ungallant
  • Use: The gallant soldiers defended the border.

50. GARRULOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: باتونی، بک بک کرنے والا
  • Meaning: excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
  • Synonyms: talkative, loquacious, chatty, voluble, verbose
  • Antonyms: taciturn, reticent, silent, reserved
  • Use: The garrulous passenger talked all the way to Multan.