Sect root words
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Created by:
charennis Plus on January 15, 2011
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Description:
"Sect" means cut or separate. These are vocabulary words made from that root.
Classes:
05 Roots, Mrs. Sharpe's Social Studies/Language Arts, OSLS 4th Grade, Ennis 6th grade
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 bisect | to cut into two pieces |
| dissect | to cut apart for the purpose of investigation |
| insect | a class of small arthropod animals that has three separate sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen |
| intersection | the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other |
| section | a separate part of something |
| sectional | a couch that is made up of separate pieces |
| sector | a separate part of a society, group, or area |
| transect | to cut across something |
| trisect | to cut into three separate pieces |
| vivisection | surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases |
| sect root-word | cut or separate |
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