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5th Roots: ject/sect
Term | Definition |
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dejected | (adj) to feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit |
eject | (v) to throw out |
injection | (n) a shot; the "throwing" of medicine into the body by a needle |
interjection | (n) a word thrown into a sentence or conversation |
jettison | (v) to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane |
projectile | (n) an object thrown into the air with great force |
projector | (n) a machine that throws an image onto a wall |
reject | (v) to throw something out because it's defective and can't be used again |
subject | (v) to throw oneself under someone else's rule |
trajectory | (n) the curved path of an object thrown into space |
bisect | (v) to cut into two pieces |
dissect | (v) to cur apart for the purpose of investigation |
insect | (n) a class of small arthropod animals that has three separate sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen |
intersection | (n) the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other |
section | (n) a separate part of something |
sectional | (n) a couch that is made up of separate pieces |
sector | (n) a separate part of a society, group, or area |
transect | (v) to cut across something |
trisect | (v) to cut into three separate pieces |
vivisection | (n) surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases |