flex & flect
These ROOT-WORDS are FLECT & FLEX from the Latin, flectere, to BEND. Roots which combine easily with other ones are the most interesting. This one with its various spellings is one of these. The word list used eighteen words to combine with FLEX, FLECT & FLICK and every combination makes a good word which you can easily make you own.
1. Flex : FLEX (fieks) v.
To bend; as, to flex the arm
2. Flexible : FLEX ible (flek; si b’l) adj.
Able to bend
3. Flexibility : FLEX ibility (flek si bil’ it ee) n.
Quality of being able to bend
4. Flexile : FLEX ile (fiek’ sil) adj.
Flexible; tractable; as, a flexile nature
5. Flection : FLECT ion (flek; shun) n.
The act of bending
6. Flexor : FLEX or (flek’ sor) n.
A muscle which serves to bend a limb
7. Flexuose : FLEX uose (flek; shu os) adj
Relaxed; adaptable; not rigid
8. Flexuous : FLEX uous (fleksh; u us) adj.
Having many bends, turns
9. Genuflection : genu FLECT ion (jen yu flek; shun) n.
The bending of the knee
10. Deflect : de FLECT (de fiekt’) v.
Bend away; as, deflect the missile from its target
11. Inflection : in FLECT ion (in fiek; shun) n.
The rise and fall of the voice, as, the inflection of his voice
12. Reflect : re FLECT (re fiekt’) v.
Turn back and forth in the mind; as, to reflect on an idea
13. Reflection : re FLECT ion (re flek’ shun) n.
An image thrown back; as, a reflection in a mirror
14. Reflexive : re FLEX ive (re flek; siv) adj.
Bent back on itself; as, a reflexive pronoun
15. Reflective : re FLECT ive (re flek; tiv) adj.
Thoughtful
16. Reflector : re FLECT or (re flek’ tor) n.
That which reflects light
17. Circumflexion : circum FLEX ion (sir kum flek’ shun) n.
A bending around and around
18. Reflectoscope : re FLECT oscope (re flek; toe skope) n.
A magic lantern, a device that places an image on a screen
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