Today's Words to Define

fatuous
feckless
fiduciary
filibuster
gamete

fatuous: \fāch'ōō-əs\; devoid of intelligence; foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way; inanely foolish and unintelligent; stupid.
feckless: \fěk'lĭs\; not fit to assume responsibility; generally incompetent and ineffectual; lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective; careless and irresponsible.
fiduciary: \fĭ-dōō'shē-ěr'ē, -shə-rē, -dyōō'-, fī-\; relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another); a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary.
filibuster: \fĭl'ə-bŭs'tər\; a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes; (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches.
gamete: \gām'ēt', gə-mēt'\; a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes; a reproductive cell having a single set of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg.