Vocabulary: 'sect' Root Words

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bisect

Back

to cut into two pieces

Front

dissect

Back

to cut apart for the purpose of investigation

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insect

Back

a small arthropod animal that has three separate sections of their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen

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intersection

Back

the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other

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section

Back

a separate part of something

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sectional

Back

a couch made up of separate pieces

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sector

Back

a separate part of society, group, or area

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transect

Back

to cut across something

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trisect

Back

to cut into three pieces

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vivisection

Back

surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases.