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Foment

(Verb)

Meaning:To stir into action; rouse; incite
Looks Like:Foam_ment
Imagine This:Before you drink a cup of hot chocolate with foamy whip cream topping, you need to stir down the foam to make the drink tastes better.
Other Forms:Fomentation (noun)

Forthright

(Adjective)

Meaning:Direct; without hesitation; straight forward
Looks Like:Forth (4th )_right
Imagine This:Sammy, a three-year-old, can tell you how to get to the post office from his house without hesitation, “ It is at the 4th right corner.�

Frugal

(Adjective)

Meaning:Economical; not wasteful
Sounds Like:Fruit_go
Imagine This:Being not wasteful the old lady pick up discounted, bruised fruits from the produce store to make pies. Remember This:The “Frugal Gourmet� (TV cooking show) shows the chef using all types of inexpensive ingredients to make very delicious dishes.
Other Forms:Frugality (noun), Frugally (adverb)

Furtive

(Adjective)

Meaning:Crafty; cunning
Sounds Like:Fur_natives
Imagine This:In order to get otter’s fur, the natives have to be very quiet and camouflage in order not to scare the animal away.
Remember This:Fumigate (apply fume to kill termites)
Other Forms:Furtiveness (noun); Furtively (adv.)

Futile

(Adjective)

Meaning:Worthless; unproductive; unsuccessful
Looks Like:Fertile
Imagine This:The farmer tried to make his farmland fertile, by laying a layer of chicken manure on top of it, but it was blown away by the wind.The farmer’s attempt was unsuccessful.
Remember This:A constructor is very sad because he has only few tiles left to finish his half-done project.It’s worthless!
Other Forms:Futilely (adv.); Futility (noun)