Flect/flex
What word means able to bend easily without breaking?
flexible
A 3D piece of art made by carving wood, stone, or clay.
sculpture
To look closely at something to find clues, errors, or details.
inspect
Break down inspection into its prefix, root, and suffix.
in- + spect + -ion
To build or construct something, like a house or a bridge.
construct
To bounce light, heat, or sound off a surface, or to show an image in a mirror.
reflect
An artist who carves or shapes figures out of materials like marble, ice, or clay.
sculptor
A person who watches or looks at an event, like a sports game or parade.
spectator
Add a suffix to flect to create a noun meaning an image cast back in a mirror.
reflection
Something that has been built, like a building, tower, or frame.
structure
To turn aside or bend something away from its straight path (like blocking a ball or laser).
deflect
The detailed art or process of carving and shaping three-dimensional figures.
sculpting
Eyeglasses worn to help a person see clearly.
spectacles
Use the root spec to state a word meaning dramatic, grand, or amazing to look at.
spectacular
Directions or steps given to build knowledge or help someone complete a task.
instructions
An automatic, lightning-fast movement your body makes without thinking.
reflex
Having a clean, dramatic, or sharply chiseled physical shape (like a mountain peak or ice statue).
sculpted
A person who is viewed with distrust or looked at under suspicion for a crime.
suspect
Name two words built from the root struct (to build) that could pair with sculpture or inspection.
structure, construct, or instruction
To tear down, un-build, or break something apart completely.
destruct or destruction
Rigid, stiff, or completely unable to bend or change rules
inflexible
A smaller-scale practice model created by an artist before carving a full-sized statue or piece of art.
sculpted model
Looking back at past events or thinking about something after it has already happened.
retrospect (or retrospective)
Identify the prefixes, roots, and suffixes in the word indestructible ($\text{in-} + \text{de-} + \text{struct} + \text{-ible}$).
the prefixes in- (not) and de- (down/away), the root struct (build), and the suffix -ible (able to be)
To build something over again after it has been damaged or broken down.
reconstruct