Latin Root Flex/Flect

to bend around or curve

• circumflex
• deflect
• reflect
• retroflex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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

• deflect
• flexor
• inflexible
• flexible

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

capable of bending without breaking

• flexible
• reflect
• reflex angle
• inflection

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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

• flexor
• inflection
• circumflex
• deflect

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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

• inflection
• reflect
• reflection
• retroflex

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

not capable of being bent without breaking

• inflexible
• flexible
• deflect
• reflect

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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

• reflect
• reflection
• retroflex
• circumflex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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

• reflection
• reflect
• reflex angle
• deflect

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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

• reflex angle 
• flexor
• flexible
• inflection

Tags

CCSS.4.G.A.1

bent or turned backward

• retroflex
• reflex angle
• flexor
• reflect

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A