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loc/flec/cycl/phon
Greek & Latin Roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| loc | locate |
| flect | bend |
| cycl | circle |
| phon | sound |
| allocate | place toward, set aside for something specific |
| cyclist | one who cycles |
| Cyclops | round eye, a giant from mythology |
| deflect | bend away, move away from |
| dislocate | not put into place |
| encyclopedia | book that covers a wide range / circle of information |
| genuflect | to bend one’s body in worship or respect |
| inflection | change pitch of one’s voice |
| locate | to act on a place (ate means act on) or to find |
| location | action of locating |
| locomotion | action of moving by train, locomotive |
| locomotive | train that moves from place to place |
| motorcycle | cycles with a motor |
| phonetic | relating to sound of words |
| phonics | correlating sounds to letters in reading |
| phonograph | writing of sounds: a machine that plays music |
| reflection | action of bending back image, to be able to see oneself |
| reflector | something that bends back |
| saxaphone | an instrument that makes sound, named for Adolphe Sax |
| unicycle | one circle, or wheel |
| xylophone | wood sound: an instrument made from the sound of wood |
| antireflective | not reflective, not bending back |
| cyclical | occurring in cycles (al means relating to) |
| echolocation | action of finding of a location using sound |