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5th Roots: flex/frag
5th Roots: flect, flex, frail, fract, frag
Term | Definition |
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circumflex | (n) to bend around or curve |
deflect | (v) to turn or move to one side; to bend; to swerve |
flexible | (adj) capable of bending without breaking |
flexor | (n) a muscle that bends a part of the body, such as an arm or a leg |
inflection | (n) 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 |
inflexible | (adj) not capable of being bent without breaking |
reflect | (v) to bend or throw back light or heat; to fold or turn back |
reflection | (n) the image in a mirror that is a result of bending light when it is thrown back |
reflex angle | (n) an angle that is greater than 180 degrees because the angle is bent beyond the straight line |
retroflex | (adj) bent or turned backward |
fractals | (n) the type of geometry that creates broken patterns out of a smaller version of a design |
fraction | (n) a part of a whole; a broken piece of something that is no longer whole |
fracture | (n) a break in a part of the body |
fragile | (adj) so delicate that it could break easily; easily damaged |
fragment | (n) an incomplete sentence; a break in a sentence |
fragmented | (adj) describes something that is broken into pieces |
frail | (adj) being easily broken or destroyed |
infraction | (n) a broken rule; a violation |
refract | (v) to bend light so that it looks like it is broken |
suffrage | (v) to break into an issue; to vote |