Greek & Latin Roots (flect, flex)

What does 'deflect' mean?

• to bend around or curve

• capable of bending without breaking

• to turn or move to one side; to bend; to swerve

• a muscle that bends a part of the body, such as an arm or a leg

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does 'retroflex' mean?

• bent or turned backward

• to bend or throw back light or hear; to fold or turn back

• to bend around or curve

• to turn or move to one side; to bend; to swerve

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which word means 'to bend around or curve?'

• flexible

• deflect

• inflexible

• circumflect

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the word that means 'the bending of a person's voice so that it does not sound boring or within only one tone; making one's voice go up and down?'

• inflexible

• inflection

• flexible

• retroflex

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What does 'flexible' mean?

• a muscle that bends a part or the body; such as an arm or a leg.

• to turn or move to one side; to bend; to swerve

• not capable of being bent without breaking

• capable of bending without breaking

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What does 'reflection' mean?

• to bend or throw back light or heat; to fold or turn back

• an angle that is greater than 180 degrees because the angle is bent beyond the straight line

• bent or turned backward

• the image in a mirror that is a result of bending light when it is thrown back

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

An angle that is greater than 180 degrees because the angle is bent beyond the straight line is called...

• a retroflex

• a reflection

• a reflex angle

• an inflection

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

What does 'flexor' mean?

• capable of bending without breaking

• a muscle that bends a part of the body, such as an arm or a leg

• to bend around or curve

• an angle that is greater than 180 degrees because the angle is bent beyond the straight line

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CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

What does 'inflexible' mean?

• not capable of being bent without breaking

• capable or bending without breaking

• to bend around or curve

• bent or turned backward

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

To bend or throw back light or heat; to fold or turn back

• reflection

• inflection

• deflect

• reflect

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E