Flect-/Flex- Vocabulary Words

to bend around or curve

• circumflex

• reflection

• inflection

• deflect

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

• retroflex

• deflect

• flexible

• flexor

capable of bending without breaking

• reflection

• flexor

• flexible

• inflection

a muscle that bends part of the body (like an arm or leg)

• reflect

• reflection

• reflex angle

• flexor

the bending of a person’s voice so it does not sound boring or monotone; making the voice go up and down

• inflection

• retroflex

• deflect

• circumflex

not capable of being bent without breaking

• reflex angle

• inflexible

• reflect

• circumflex

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

• flexor

• inflection

• reflect

• inflexible

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

• inflection

• circumflex

• reflex angle

• reflection

an angle that is greater than 180 degrees because it is bent beyond a straight line

• reflex angle

• inflexible

• reflect

• flexor

bent or turned backwards

• inflexible

• retroflex

• flexible

• inflection