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(adjective): not effected by time, without beginning or end
etern (time, age) + al (adj. worth)
The lecture seemed eternal and many in the audience had fallen asleep.
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(adjective): relating to the Middle Ages (500 - 1500 AD)
med (middle) + ieval (adj. relation)
There are many styles to medieval architecture and a building built in 500 AD looks different from one built in 1000 AD.
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(adjective, verb): not clearly perceived; to lose consciousness from lack of blood to the brain
faint (shape, make, fashion)
There is a faint odor in this room.
Some people faint at the sight of blood.
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(verb): to pretend
feign (shape, make, fashion)
The child feigned illness in an attempt to avoid the test.
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(noun): something produce from imagination, an invented story
fict (shape, make) + ion (n. related to)
The excuse Marvin just gave for not doing his homework is pure fiction.
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(noun): a figure representing a disliked person.
e f (out, out of) + fig (shape, form) + y (n. result of an activity)
The children made an effigy of their nasty neighbor.
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(noun): shape, pattern, drawing
fig (shape, form)+ ure (n. act, condition, process, function)
The figure Louise drew on the paper looks nothing like an apple.
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(noun): a thing that does not exist, something made up
fig (shape, form)+ ment (n. condition, result)
Ghosts and monsters are figments of an active imagination.
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(noun, verb): the form of something, style; to give shape or form to
fash (make do, do) + ion (condition or action)
The current fashion is hair worn short.
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(adjective): capable of being done
feas (make, do) + ible (adj. worth, ability)
The engineer thought that building the bridge across the river was a feasible project.
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(noun, verb): the appearance or form of a person or object; to picture or portray
feat (make do, do) + ure (act, condition)
Lisette's best feature is her eyes.
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(noun): a place where things are made or built
fact (make, do) + ory (n. condition or activity)
There is a boat factory near the river.
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