| Term | Definition |
|---|
| sens, sent | feel; be 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 |
| fig, fix, -fy | fasten; pierce |
| simil, simul, sembl | together; likeness; pretense |
| quasi- | as if; seemingly |
| non-, ne- | not |
| sensitive | aware of and responsive to the feelings of others. |
| discern | to distinguish mentally; recognize as distinct or different; discriminate |
| discriminate | to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality |
| onmiscient | having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things. |
| insipid | wthout sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland |
| sagacious | having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd |
| affable | pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite |
| nefarious | extremely wicked or villainous |
| fatuous | foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly |
| factory | a building or group of buildings in which goods are manufactured |
| fiction | something feigned, invented, or imagined; a made-up story |
| prefix | an affix that is added in front of the word |
| assemble | To bring or call together into a group or whole: |
| simulate | to make a pretense of; feign: |
| quasihistorical | seemingly historical in nature |
| sentient | having the power of perception by the senses |
| insensate | t endowed with sensation; inanimate |
| transfix | to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror |
| sage | a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom |
| sagacious | having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd |
| nescient | lack of knowledge; ignorance |
| presentiment | a feeling or impression that something is about to happen |
| verisimilitude | the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability |
| effigy | a representation or image |
| prescience | knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight |
| malefactor | a person who violates the law |
| incriminate | to accuse or present proof of a crime or fault |
| proviso | A clause in a document making a qualification, condition, or restriction |
| presage | An indication or warning of a future occurrence; an omen |
| ascertain | to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine |
| consensus | majority of opinion |
| discreet | modestly unobtrusive |
| affection | fond attachment, devotion, or love |
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