1. fall, fals = to deceive Words fallacy - mistaken belief or idea
fallacious - misleading
infallible – not prone to error, perfect
falsify - lie

2. flect, flex = bend Words flexible – able to bend deflect – bend away
reflex – bent back, fast in reaction
flexor – muscle bending joint or limb
inflexibility- unbending

3. fort = strong Words fortitude - strength
fortification - building of defenses
forte - one’s strong points
fortress – a stronghold

4. frag, fract = break Words fragile - easily broken
infraction - breaking of a rule
fractious - unruly
fracture - a break
fraction – a “broken” whole number

5. gen, gender = birth, race Words genesis - beginning
genetics - study of heredity
eugenics - selective human breeding
generate - to create something
gender – one’s sex

6. graph, gram = write Words graph - record data
graphic - vividly detailed in writing or pictures
autograph - writing of one’s name
photography - “writing” with light

7. greg = flock, herd Words congregate - to assemble
gregarious - friendly and sociable
segregate - to separate a group
egregious – flagrant behavior

8. jac, jact, jec = throw Words deject - unhappy (“thrown down”)
interject - interrupt with a comment
projectile - object hurled forward
trajectory - path of a projectile

9. leg = law Words legal - law-related legislature - body of lawmakers
legitimize – to make lawful
illegal – not lawful

10. loqu, locut = talk Words loquacious - talkative
soliloquy - speech by one individual
colloquial - informal speech
elocution - art of clear speaking