| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 187 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| faction | noun | There are two factions in our group. | blocks |
| factor | noun | The main factor is the money. | element |
| factory | noun | Our factory makes power regulators. | plant |
| faculty | noun | We have six teachers on our faculty. | staff |
| noun | You need all of your faculties. | talent | |
| fade | verb | The image will fade in time. | dim |
| verb | Your youth will fade away. | wither | |
| fahrenheit | adj. | Water boils at 212 degrees fahrenheit. | temperature scale |
| fail | verb | You have failed in your task. | floundered |
| verb | The machine failed to operate. | misfired | |
| failure | noun | The experiment was a failure. | flop |
| noun | The business was a failure. | bankrupt | |
| faint | verb | She fainted when she heard the news. | collapsed |
| adj. | We saw only a faint picture. | dim | |