Exploring the Root Word 'Flex' and Its Vocabulary

The video tutorial introduces Latin and Greek root words, focusing on 'flex', meaning 'to bend'. It explains how 'flex' combines with other elements to form words like 'flexible', 'reflect', 'deflect', and 'reflection'. The tutorial provides examples and contexts for each word, such as how sunlight reflects off water and the concept of genuflexion, which involves bending at the knees. The aim is to enhance understanding of these root words and their applications.

What does the root word 'flex' mean?

• To break

• To twist

• To bend

• To stretch

What does 'flexible' mean?

• Able to twist

• Able to break

• Able to bend

• Able to stretch

What does 'reflect' mean?

• To bend forward

• To bend back

• To bend sideways

• To bend down

Why is it hard to see when sunlight reflects off the water?

• Because it is too windy

• Because it is too dark

• Because it is too bright

• Because it is too cloudy

What does 'deflect' mean?

• To bend towards

• To bend downwards

• To bend away

• To bend upwards

What is the difference between 'reflect' and 'deflect'?

• Reflect means to bend up, deflect means to bend down

• Reflect means to bend down, deflect means to bend up

• Reflect means to bend back, deflect means to bend away

• Reflect means to bend away, deflect means to bend back

What does 'geniflexion' involve?

• Bending at the elbows

• Bending at the neck

• Bending at the knees

• Bending at the waist