Root: fact, fict, fect, feas, feat

Meaning: to do, to make

 

1. façade: front of the building
2. facetious : silly, clumsy wit
3. factitious : sham, fake
4. factotum : an assistant who does many jobs
5. fetish : false, sorcery
6. officious : meddlesome
7. vilify : slander, defame
8. soporific : sleepy, drowsy
9. mortify : humiliate
10. fortify : to strengthen against attack

 

Context:

 

1. His pleasant façade belied his true nature
2. His facetious remarks precipitated the argument into a brawl
3. The world of cinema is factitious
4. A factotum is assigned with numerous jobs
5. An amulet is a sign of fetish
6. Mark’s officious nature made him interfere
7. The new medicine made him soporific
8. The speaker was mortified by pungent criticism
9. To vilify a person’s character is to defame him
10. Russia sold Alaska to fortify its continental coastline

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