Mastering “Word Roots” for SAT Success

FAC, FIC, FECT, FY, FEA – make, do

 

factory

facility

benefactor

malefactor

 

fiction

fictive

beneficent

affect

 

confection

refectory

magnify

unify

 

rectify

vilify

feasible

 

FAL, FALS – deceive

 

infallible

fallacious

false

 

FERV – boil

 

fervent

fervid

effervescent

 

FID – faith, trust

 

confident

diffidence

perfidious

fidelity

FLU, FLUX – flow

 

fluent

affluent

confluence

effluvia

 

superfluous

flux

 

 

FORE – before

 

forecast

foreboding

forestall

 

FRAG, FRAC – break

 

fragment

fracture

diffract

fractious

 

refract

 

 

 

FUS – pour

 

profuse

infusion

effusive

diffuse