Word Parts - fa, fam, fan, fat, fess

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fa-, fam-, fan-, fat-, -fess : From Latin: talk, speak, say, spoken about, acknowledge

defame - attack someone, or someone’s reputation by making slanderous or libelous statements; confession - admission of having done something wrong or embarrassing; affable - easy of conversation or address; ineffably - to an inexpressible degree; infant - child who can neither walk nor talk; preface - introductory section at the beginning of a book or speech; prefatory - serving to introduce something else; profess - declare openly, announce, affirm.

And for you:
profession, professor, infamous, infantry, confabulate, defamation, fable, fabulous, fatalism.

Source: English-Word Information, Word Info About English Vocabulary