Latin Roots: fract, flect/flex, ject, mis/mit

a Latin root meaning "to throw"

• flect/flex

• ject

• fract

• mis/mit

a Latin root meaning "to break"

• flect/flex

• ject

• fract

• mis/mit

a Latin root meaning "to send"

• flect/flex

• ject

• fract

• mis/mit

a Latin root meaning "to bend"

• flect/flex

• ject

• fract

• mis/mit

to BREAK a law, rule, or obligation

• reflex

• reject

• infraction

• transmit

the curved path of an object THROWN into space

• reflect

• projector

• trajectory

• inflexible

to turn or BEND something away (this usually occurs during a conversation)

• deflect

• fraction

• eject

• submission

the act of surrendering power to another (to "SEND" someone or something DOWN)

• injection

• submission

• reflect

• fracture

The gymnast was very successful in her floor routine because she was ___________ and could BEND her body easily.

• inflexible

• flexible

• fracture

• fractious

1/4 is an example of a ___________ because it is a whole that has been BROKEN into parts.

• fraction

• reflection

• reflector

• injection