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3-7 Vocabulary Root -flect/-flex

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
to bend around or curve
a)
circumflex
b)
deflect
c)
reflect
d)
retroflex
2.
to turn or move to one side; to bend; to swerve
a)
deflect
b)
flexor
c)
inflexible
d)
flexible
3.
capable of bending without breaking
a)
flexible
b)
reflect
c)
reflex angle
d)
inflection
4.
a muscle that bends a part of the body, such as an arm or a leg
a)
flexor
b)
inflection
c)
circumflex
d)
deflect
5.
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
a)
inflection
b)
reflect
c)
reflection
d)
retroflex
6.
not capable of being bent without breaking
a)
inflexible
b)
flexible
c)
deflect
d)
reflect
7.
to bend or throw back light or heat; to fold or turn back
a)
reflect
b)
reflection
c)
retroflex
d)
circumflex
8.
the image in a mirror that is a result of bending light when it is thrown back
a)
reflection
b)
reflect
c)
reflex angle
d)
deflect
9.
bent or turned backward
a)
retroflex
b)
reflex angle
c)
flexor
d)
reflect
10.

When the bat hit the ball it began to swerve, or ___________ out towards the field.

a)

circumflex

b)

flexor

c)

deflect

d)

flexible

11.

A pulled ___________ muscle in your leg is painful!

a)

flexible

b)

flexor

c)

circumflex

d)

deflect

12.

The gymnast performed an energetic routine demonstrationg how _______________ she is.

a)

deflect

b)

flexor

c)

circumflex

d)

flexible

13.

Some letters like 'a' will have an accent mark that goes across the top of it that curves around or ________________.

a)

circumflex

b)

flexor

c)

flexible

d)

deflect

14.

Read the sentence. Then pick the two best answer choices that make sense in the sentence.


A student on my track and field team is very ___________________. He always warms-up before running by stretching his _____________ muscles.

a)

deflect

b)

flexible

c)

circumflex

d)

flexor

15.

To bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence

a)

flexible

b)

genuflect

c)

deflect

d)

reflective

16.

Describing a person who thinks things through, or a surface that reflects light or sound

a)

Inflection

b)

Deflect

c)

Reflex

d)

Reflective

17.

An automatic, instinctive reaction, something your body does without your thinking about it

a)

Flexor

b)

Reflex

c)

Genuflect

d)

Circumflex