Etymology: Latin 6

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Sens, sent

Feel; aware

Cern, cert, cret

Sift; separate; distinguish; decide

Crim, crimin

Judgment; accusation; crime

Sci

Know

Sap, sip

Taste; discern; be wise

Sag

Shrewd; wise

Fa, fat, fess

Speak

Far

Divine law

Fatu

Foolish

Fac, fact, fect, -fic, -fy

Do; make; cause

Fing, fig, fict

Form; shape; invent; imagine

Simil, simul, sembl

Together; likeness; pretense

Quasi-

As if; seemingly

Non-, ne (rarely: neg)

Not

Sensitive

Easily upset by the things that people think or say about you

Discern

To detect with the eyes

Discriminate

To unfairly treat a person or group of people differently from other people or groups

Omniscient

Knowing everything

Insipid

Dull or boring

Sagacious

Having or showing an ability to understand difficult ideas and situations and to make good decisions

Affable

Friendly and easy to talk to

Nefarious

Evil or immoral

Fatuous

Foolish or stupid

Factory

A building or group of buildings where products are made

Fiction

Not real

Prefix

To add a letter

Assemble

To collect (things) or gather (people) into one place or group

Simulate

To look

Quasihistorical

Seeming like part of history