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

A person who has old-fashioned habits and attitudes: "I think she is an old fogy because she doesn't like pop music."

1. Having or filled with fog: "It took us a whole hour to get there because it was so terribly foggy."
2. Not clear, vague or confused: "My memory is a bit foggy because I don't remember where I put my keys!"

A person or thing gently caressed, stroked, handled, or touched in a loving or affectionate way: "She was always seen idly fondling the cat's ears."

A baby that is found after being left, or deserted, by its parents or a parent: "The children discovered a foundling deer in the forest apparently deserted by its mother."

1. Used to indicate the place someone or something is going to or toward: "They were heading for home when the accident happened."
2. Used to indicate the thing that something is meant to be used with: "The food here is for her birthday party."
3. In order to help or serve someone or something: "Let me carry that heavy box for you."

Something that is located at or toward the front; the front part: "The emergency exits which are located at the fore part of a plane are very important."

1. The number 4: "We have four people in our family."
2. Used to indicate the time of day, 4 o'clock: "I come back every day from work at four in the afternoon."

To go before, to precede: "The news of the Pope's visit to Germany will forego his arrival in the country."

To give up the use or enjoyment of something: "I decided to forgo the trip to France and stay at home with my children."

An introduction in a book: "The foreword of a book is usually not written by the author."

Movement to the front or onward: "The boy walked forward from the back of the bus."

A document with blank spaces for filling in information: "Some people hate to fill out a form or have an abnormal fear of doing so, on and off the internet."

1. The shape of something: "The building's massive form was more than most people expected."
2. A bodily shape: "Some people strive to develop a form of the body which has appeal for another person or other people; such as, a shapely form has a special appeal for modeling, acting in movies, on TV, etc."
3. To get, to create, or to develop something over a period of time: "They wanted to form a friendship that would last for a lifetime."

1. Ceremonially or ceremoniously: "The new president of our college was formally installed last week."
2. Following or being in accord with accepted forms, conventions, or regulations: "She dressed quite formally which was required for the international convention."

Previously; in earlier times; before: "Formerly it was considered dangerous to breathe the air at night."

A fortified place for military defense: "The fort was captured after a long battle."

1. A note or passage of music played or sung in a loud, forceful manner: "She played forte when she was supposed to have played mezzopiano."
2. Something that a person is particularly good at: "She said that cooking was not really her forte."

1. Forward, onward in time or place: "From that day forth or from that time onward."
2. Out into notice or view: "There was a flow of lava bursting forth from the earth."

"The snow is gone and the flowers are ready to spring forth."

1. A 4th or one of four equal parts of something: "She cut the small cake into one fourth piece for each person."
2. The number four in a series: "I will be flying in on the fourth of next month."

"The ball player got a base hit in the fourth inning."

Happening by chance: "His fortuitous arrival at the scene saved our lives."

Enjoying and receiving some unexpected good, having good luck: "We were fortunate that we got home before the storm hit our area."

A large amount of money: "Their house is worth a fortune."

"She made her fortune in real estate before the economic decline."

1. Something that happens by chance or luck: "They had the good fortune to escape injury when their car swerved into the ditch."
2. The future that someone or something will have: "She said that she could tell my fortune or how successful I will be in the future."

1. Rotten, contaminated, or dirty: "Have you ever noticed how foul eggs can smell when they have been around too long?"
2. Unfavorable; contrary to the rules of a game or sport: "He hit a foul ball when he was batting."

Birds collectively; a large edible bird; such as, a chicken, a turkey, a duck, etc.: "We had roasted fowl for our Thanksgiving meal."

A barrier or defense of pointed, inclined stakes or of barbed wire: "He was not able to escape because of the fraise surrounding the prison."

1. A scuffle or brawl: "Many crime movies show frays between the police and the culprits."
2. To alarm or to frighten: "The old man frays the little girl without meaning to."
3. To wear away by rubbing; for example, the edges of fabric: "She frays the old pair of jeans at the bottom by wearing them much too long."

1. A sequence of words regarded as a meaningful unit: "You may answer with a phrase, not necessarily with a complete sentence."
2. A characteristic way or mode of expression: "A phrase my mother used to use was to be completely 'fagged out' after working so hard in the garden."

Causing or having a lot of emotional stress or worry, anxious: "She was fraught with fear not knowing where to find her lost daughter."

Carefully formed or worked into shape: "The wrought wood forming the legs of the table were absolutely beautiful."

To set free: "As he frees his leg from the hole in the ice of the lake, someone was throwing him a rope so he could crawl back to safety."

1. To change into a solid by the loss of heat, or to cause a liquid to do this; especially, to change into ice: "This pond can freeze in the winter if the temperature gets too low."
2. To preserve something, especially food, by subjecting it to and storing it at a temperature at an extremely low cold point: "You can freeze food in a freezer and keep it frozen at a temperature of -18°C."
3. To prohibit the conversion or use of assets: "They had to freeze the bank accounts in order to deprive the criminal of his ill gotten gains."

A decorative horizontal band; for example, along the upper part of a wall in a room: "The frieze my mother chose for the living-room is really quite beautiful."