Read Around Review: Flect, Flex bend
What are the roots that mean bend?
The roots flect and flex
What is the word that describes what you are if you can’t bend a certain way?
inflexible
What is the word that describes what happens to light when it is bent and seems to be thrown back at you?
reflect
What is the word that names the type of angle that bends back beyond the 180 degrees of a straight line?
reflex angle
What is the word that names the type of muscle that bends a part of the body, such as an arm or leg?
flexor
What is the word that names what you see in a mirror as a result of bent light?
reflection
What is the word that describes someone who can bend all the way down to touch her toes or do the splits?
flexible
What is the word that labels what you do with your voice when you are a good reader and it goes up and down to show excitement or sadness within a story?
inflection
What is the word that names what you do when you try to keep something away from you so you bend or swerve in the other direction?
deflect
What is the word that describes what something can do if it can bend or around or curve?
circumflex
What is the word that describes what something is when it is bent or turned backward?
retroflex