DICT
What does the Latin root DICT mean?
To speak
What do the Latin roots FLECT and FLEX mean?
bend/ curve
What does the Latin root STRUCT mean?
to build
What do the Latin roots SPEC and SPECT mean?
To look
Which root belongs in the word for a ruler who gives absolute orders that everyone must follow: a ____?
dictator
What book do you open to look up how to define, spell, and pronounce spoken words?
dictionary
When an object can easily bend without breaking, like a rubber band or plastic ruler, it is called ____.
flexible
What word means the process of building large structures like bridges, towers, and houses?
construction
What do you call a person who sits in the stadium to watch a game or show?
spectator
Gymnasts have great ____ because their bodies can easily bend and stretch. Which root is in this word?
flexibility
To ____ the future means to say or tell what will happen before it actually occurs.
predict
When light bounces or bends off a shiny mirror back to your eyes, it creates a ____.
reflection
Any building or object assembled with parts, like a house or a pyramid, is called a ____.
structure
An old-fashioned term for eyeglasses that help you see clearly is ____.
spectacles
If you want to undo and take apart how a building was made, you ____ it. Which root completes this word?
deconstruct
What is the official decision or truth spoken aloud by a jury at the end of a trial?
verdict
What automatic, unthinking body reaction bends or jerks quickly to protect you (like when a doctor taps your knee)?
reflex
A teacher or coach who builds up your knowledge by giving clear directions is an ____.
instructor
To ____ something means to examine it carefully and look inside for clues or flaws.
inspect
Looking back at past events and memories in your life is called ____. Which root completes this word?
retrospect
What word means to say the exact opposite of what someone else has said?
contradict
A goalkeeper uses their hands to ____ a soccer ball, bending its path away from the net.
deflect
When a fallen tree or barrier blocks or "builds a wall" across a roadway, it creates an ____.
obstruction
A breathtaking, grand visual display or show that is exciting to watch is called a ____.
spectacle
Which root word means to speak, which one means to bend, and which one means to build?
dict- speak; flect/flex- bend; struct- build