Confusing Words Clarified: Group F; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, etc. +

A man that a woman is engaged to be married to: "The young lady said, 'Let me introduce you to my financé.' "

A woman that a man is engaged to be married to: "He introduced his fiancée to his relatives."

The way in which money is used and handled: "I must be careful of my finances now especially because I spent so much on my new car."

Someone who tells insignificant or childish lies or who makes an untrue statement about something minor or unimportant: "He admitted that he was a fibber when he said he enjoyed the movie."

1. Plant material that can not be digested but which helps people to digest other food: "It's important to get enough fiber in our diets."
2. A thin thread of natural or artificial material that can be used to make cloth, paper, etc.: "This natural fiber will allow the fabric to breathe and that paper is made from both cotton and wood fiber."

An evil spirit, a demon, a devil, or a very evil or cruel person: "From what I read in the newspaper he seemed to be a murderous fiend."
2. Someone who is very enthusiastic about something: "I think she is a real athletic fiend because she spends all of her time on the sports field."

A person whom you like and enjoy being with: "Susan has always been a good friend to me and supporting me whenever I it."

1. A small piece that is removed when something is smoothed or rubbed with a file: "When the iron chair was worked on, it was easy to see the results of the filing on the ground."
2. The act of giving an official form or document to someone in authority in order to begin a legal process: "The filing for the income tax return was taken care of by the tax consultant."
3.The job, activity, or storing of documents in a file: "The secretary at the school does all the computer work and filing for the principal."

1.Material that is used to fill something: "She wanted to have a gold filling when she went to the dentist."
2.A food mixture that is used to fill something: "The pie needs more apple filling or the crust will be more significant than the fruit."

1. All that anyone wants or needs: "If you have eaten and drunk your fill then you have all that you want."
2. To satiate, as with food and drink: "They had a tendency to fill up on sandwiches and soft drinks before going to football games."
3. To provide the things that are asked for in something; such as, an order: "We went to the drug store to fill our prescriptions."

Nothing; none at all, zero: "The chances of our getting an increase in our salaries is nil."

Coming to an end, last, a conclusion: "She was extremely glad when she passed the final exam."

The conclusion or last part; the end: "He sung a magnificent song for the finale."

At the end: "After looking for an hour, I finally found my keys."

1. In a fine manner, not coarse, in very small particles: "The nuts for the cupcakes should be finely chopped."
2. Superior in quality: "We enjoyed the finely performed recital by the students at the music hall."

1. To discover something or someone without planning or trying to: "Susan found a dime on the ground."
2. To get or discover something or someone that you are looking for: " To find something that you have lost sometimes can take days."

Simple past tense or past participle tense form of "to find", which is to require someone to pay a fine as a punishment: "He was fined $100 for speeding within the city limits."

1. Superior in quality: "I had never before felt such fineness as this piece of silk fabric."
2. The proportion of pure gold or silver in an alloy: "There is a high fineness of gold in this ring."

1. Skill, adroitness: "She handled the interview with the senator with finesse."
2. Subtlety or tact in maneuvering; craftiness: "He showed much finesse in dealing with the company executive."

1. The last part of something: "The competition had a very close or tight finish."
2. The final coating on a surface of the appearance produced by such a coating: "The final finish on the table made it look like new!"

Of or relating to Finland, its people, or the Finnish language: "The Finnish people are said to be very friendly."

An evergreen tree having flat needles and erect cones: "Fir trees are often used as Christmas trees."

The thick coat of soft hair covering the body of an animal; such as, a cat, a rabbit, a fox, a beaver, etc.: "Some women like to wear fur coats in the winter."

Of or relating to money and especially to the money a government, business, or organization earns, spends, and owes: "What is the fiscal situation now of the business that you own?"

Relating to the body of a person instead of the mind: "The doctor is interested in your physical health."

1. Noun, any of numerous cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates of the superclass Pisces, characteristically having fins, gills, and a streamlined body: "When people are talking about one fish or one species of fish, both the singular and plural forms are fish."
2. Verb, to catch or to try to catch fish: "We love to fish."
3. To search for something by feeling; such as, using the hand in an effort to find something: "She had to fish around in her purse for her keys."

Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills: "When more than one kind or species of fish are referred to, both fishes and fish are acceptable; such as, varieties of tropical fish or all the fishes of the sea; however, now when anyone is talking about more than one kind of fish, the plural fish is more commonly used rather than fishes."

An internet process used by a scammer to seduce a person into providing financial information and password data: "People need to be aware of an e-mail that claims to be a legitimate business trying to phish for important personal information which can be used to the detriment of the individual."

Someone who catches fish: "Her father used to be a fisher and caught lots of trout in the rivers."

1. A narrow crack or cleft; as in, a rock face: "The fissures in the tile walkway outside the house provided growing space for the weeds."
2. A separation or division; a schism or split: "The fissure of the castes resulted in countless subcastes."

Someone who uses illegal ways of gaining secured credit card numbers, bank account information, brokerage information, and generally anything that could yield a financial gain in line with fraudulent operations: "A phisher is anyone who tries to steal from others on the internet."

The process of catching or trying to catch numerous cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates of the superclass Pisces, characteristically having fins, gills, and streamlined bodies: "There are some people who love fishing whenever they have the opportunity to do so."

Creating a replica of an existing web page to fool a user into submitting personal, financial, or password data: "Phishing is the term coined by hackers who imitate legitimate companies in e-mails in order to entice people to share their passwords or credit-card numbers."

Very bad, too bad to be ignored: "She made a flagrant error in her exam and failed completely."

A pleasant and usually sweet smell: "The roses he gave me were exceptionally fragrant."