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Word Cell #5
Question | Answer |
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bene | (good;benefit) |
manu | (hand) |
circ | (around) |
-ment | (action/process) |
de- | (away from) |
paci | (peace) |
fact | (make) |
petri | (stone) |
flect/flex | (bend) |
preci | (valuable) |
semi- | (half) |
flor | (flower) |
sphere | (ball) |
fract/frag | (break) |
-ure | (action/process) |
genu | (knee) |
hemi- | (half) |
-ile | (of or relating to) |
floral | of or pertaining to flowers; as, a floral wreath |
petrify | to change to rock or stone; as, certain trees, under proper atmospheric conditions, will petrify; to make deathly afraid; as, the thought of taking tests would always petrify him |
hemisphere | the half of a ball or sphere; one of the halves of the earth as divided by the equator into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, or by the prime meridian into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres |
fracture | to break; to separate; as, the student fractured his arm while playing football; (n) the result of breaking; as, the x-rays revealed that he had suffered a compound fracture |
semiannual | taking place twice a year, or every six months; biannual; as, certain banks pay interest on a semiannual basis |
deflect | to turn away or aside from; as, the policeman’s shield deflected the bullet |
semicircle | the half of a circle; 180 degrees |
fragile | easily broken; very delicate; as, the boxes were labeled ‘fragile’ because they contained |
manufacture | to make products by hand, by machinery, or by any other means (n) the act of producing something |
flexible | capable of being bent; as, a flexible twig, a flexible piece of plastic, a flexible hose, etc. |