| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 197 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| fever | noun | He worked himself into a fever. | dither |
| few | adj. | I would like a few apples. | several |
| noun | I like pears. Bring me a few. | some | |
| fiber | noun | Fiber is an important part of a diet. | roughage |
| noun | This fiber will make good cloth. | thread | |
| fiction | noun | Fiction makes good reading. | novel |
| noun | That excuse is pure fiction. | untrue | |
| field | noun | The farmer planted corn in his field. | land |
| noun | That is not my field or study. | sphere | |
| fierce | adj. | She had a fierce look on her face. | cruel |
| adj. | We saw a fierce animal walking. | savage | |
| fifteen | adj. | The boy was fifteen years old. | 15 |
| fifteenth | adj. | He was the fifteenth person to come. | ordinal 15 |