Affable (Lat. adj. _affab"ilis_, easy to be spoken to); affabil"ity; inef"fable; in"fant (Lat. participle, _in"fans_, _infan"tis_, literally, not speaking) (-ile, -ine); in"fancy; nefa"rious (Lat. adj. _nefa"rius_, impious); pref"ace (Fr. n. _preface_), _something spoken or written by way of introduction_.
68. FATE"RI: fa"teor, fas"sus (_in comp._ fes"sus), _to acknowledge, to show_.
FESS: confess" (-ion, -ional, -or); profess" (-ion, -ional, -or).
69. FELIX, feli"cis, _happy_.
FELIC: -ity, -itous; infeli"city; feli"citate, _to make happy by congratulation._
70. FEN"DERE: fen"do, fen"sum, _to keep off, to strike_.[6]
FEND: fend (-er); defend" (-er, -ant); offend" (-er).
FENS: defense" (-ible, -ive); offense" (-ive); fence (n. and v., abbreviated from defence);[7] fencer; fencing.
71. FER"RE: fe"ro, la"tum, _to bear, to carry_.
FER: fer"tile (Lat. adj. _fer"tilis_, bearing, fruitful); fertil"ity; fer"tilize; circ.u.m"ference, literally, _a measure carried around anything_; confer", _to consult_; con"ference; defer"; def"erence; deferen"tial; dif"fer (-ence, -ent); infer" (-ence); of"fer; prefer" (-able, -ence, -ment); prof"fer; refer" (-ee, -ence); suf"fer (-ance, -able, -er); transfer" (-able, -ence); conif"erous (Lat. n. _co"nus_, a cone); florif"erous (Lat. n. _flos_, _flo"ris_, a flower); fructif"erous (Lat. n.
_fruc"tus_, fruit); Lu"cifer (Lat. n. _lux_, _lucis_, light), _the morning or evening star, Satan_; pestif"erous (Lat. n. _pes"tis_, pest, plague).
LAT: ab"lative (literally, carrying away; the sixth case of Latin nouns); collate" (-ion); dilate" (-ory); elate"; ob"late, _flattened at the poles_; obla"tion, _an offering_; prel"ate; prel"acy; pro"late, _elongated at the poles_; relate" (-ion, -ive); correla"tion; correl"ative; super"lative; translate" (-ion); delay" (= dis + lat, through old Fr. verb _delayer_, to put off).
72. FERVE"RE: fer"veo, _to boil_; Fermen"tum, _leaven_.
FERV: -ent, -ency, -id, -or; effervesce", _to bubble or froth up_; efferves"cence.
FERMENT: fer"ment, -ation.
73. FES"TUS, _joyful, merry_.
FEST: -al, -ival, -ive, -ivity; feast (Old Fr. _feste_, a joyous meal); fete (modern Fr. equivalent of _feast_), _a festival_; festoon (Fr. n.
_feston_, originally an ornament for a festival).
74. FID"ERE: fi"do, _to trust_; Fi"des, _faith_; Fide"lis, _trusty_.
FID: confide" (-ant, -ence, -ent, -ential); dif"fidence; dif"fident; per"fidy (per = through and hence _away from_ good faith); perfid"ious.
FIDEL: fidel"ity; in"fidel; infidel"ity.
Fe"alty (Old Fr. n. _fealte_ = Lat. _fidel"itas_), _loy"alty_; fidu"cial (Lat. n. _fidu"cia_, trust); fidu"ciary; affi"ance, _to pledge faith_, _to betroth_; affida"vit (Low Lat., signifying, literally, he made oath), _a declaration on oath_; defy" (Fr. v. _defier_, originally, to dissolve the bond of allegiance; hence, to disown, to challenge, to brave).
75. FI"GERE: fi"go, fix"um, _to join, fix, pierce_.
FIX: affix"; cru"cifix (Lat. n. _crux_, _cru"cis_, a cross); cru"cify; fix"ture; post"fix; pre"fix; suf"fix (n., literally, something fixed below or on; hence, appended); transfix", _to pierce through_.
76. FIN"GERE: fin"go, fic"tum, _to form, to feign_; Figu"ra, _a shape_.
FICT: fic"tion; ficti"tious.
FIGUR: fig"ure; figura"tion; configura"tion; disfig"ure; prefig"ure; transfig"ure.
Feign (Fr. v. _feindre_, _feignant_, to pretend); feint (_feint_, past part. of _feindre_); ef"figy (Lat. n. _effig"ies_, an image or likeness); fig"ment (Lat. n. _figmen"tum_, an invention).
FINIS. (See page 40).
77. FIR"MUS, _strong, stable_.
FIRM: firm; firm"ness; infirm" (-ary, -ity); fir"mament, originally, _firm foundation_; affirm" (-ation, -ative); confirm" (-ation, -ative).
78. FLAM"MA, _a stream of fire_.
FLAM: flame; inflame" (-able, -ation, -atory).
Flambeau" (Fr. n. _flambeau_ from v. _flamber_, to blaze); flamin"go (Span.
n. _flamenco_), _a bird of a flaming red color_.
EXERCISE.
Age does not always _exempt_ one from _faults_. _Peremptory _orders were given that all the princes should be _present_ at the _diet_. Many _beneficial_ results must come from the _introduction_ of drawing into the public schools. The lady is _affable_ and _perfectly_ free from _affectation_. The field is _fertile_ and _produces_ abundant crops. The _professor"s_ lecture _related_ to _edentate_ animals. Men sometimes _feign_ a _fealty_ they do not feel. The lady _professed_ that her _felicity_ was ineffable. The King seized a _flambeau_ with zeal to destroy. It is a _nefarious_ act to make a _false affidavit_. _Fanaticism_ is often _infectious_. The _confirmed offender_ had issued many _counterfeits_. d.i.c.kens gives us the _quintessence_ of the _facetious_. In _figure_ the earth is an _oblate_ spheroid.
79. FLEC"TERE: flec"to, flex"um, _to bend_.
FLECT: deflect" (-ion); inflect" (-ion); reflect" (-ion, -ive, -or).
FLEX: -ible, -ile, -ion, -or (a muscle that bends a joint), -ure; flex"-uous; flex"uose; cir"c.u.mflex; re"flex.
80. FLOS, flo"ris, _a flower_.
FLOR: -al, -et, -id, -ist; Flo"ra, _the G.o.ddess of flowers_; flor"iculture (Lat. n. _cultu"ra_, cultivation); florif"erous (Lat. v. _fer"re_, to bear); flor"in (originally, a Florentine coin with a lily on it); flour (literally, the _flower_ or choicest part of wheat); flow"er (-et, -y); flour"ish (Lat. v. _flores"cere_, to begin to blossom, to prosper); efflores"cence; efflores"cent.
FLUERE. (See page 41.)
81. F"DUS, fd"eris, _a league or treaty_.