affect
uh-FEKTverbMeaning to have an influence on; to change
Memory hook A is for ACTION: you AFFECT. Pip taps the first block, and his one small action changes the whole row: his tap affects every block down the line.
Lack of sleep can affect how well you do on a test.
In context The long drought affected every farm in the valley: the corn grew short, the wells ran low and the cows had to be moved to greener pastures.
Similar influence, change, alter, sway
From Latin afficere, “to do something to, to act on”: ad (to) + facere (to do).