Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Wordsmith Wednesday

Root:

flecto (Latin) v. to bend

Derivatives:

deflect (deflected, deflecting) - to "bend" from its original course

genuflect - to bend the knee

inflection (inflect, inflected) - to "bend" the tone or pitch of the voice

reflect (reflective, reflecting, reflected, reflection, reflector, reflex)- to "bend" or throw back again

flexible (flexibility, inflexible) - able to be bent

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