flect, flex = bend

A bulletproof vest is designed to do this to a bullet to protect police officer and military personnel.

• flexor

• reflect

• deflect

• inflexible

Answer explanation

to turn or move to one side; to bend; to swerve

It is important for ballet dancers to be this.

• inflexible

• flexible

• circumflex

• reflections

Answer explanation

capable of bending without breaking

Your arms and legs have these muscles to allow bending movements.

• flexor

• circumflex

• retroflex

• reflective

Answer explanation

a muscle that bends a part of the body, such as an arm or a leg

Name the angle that bends all the way back beyond the angle of a straight line.

• circumflex

• reflex angle

• inflective

• retroflex

Answer explanation

an angle that is greater than 180 degrees because the angle is bent beyond the straight line

Something that is bent or turned backward is in what physical state?

• retroflex

• inflexibility

• reflections

• deflect

Answer explanation

bend or turn backward

Books on tape always use readers who show this in their voices.

• relfexing

• inflexibility

• reflexes

• inflection

Answer explanation

the bending of a person's voice so that it does not sound boring or within only one tone; making one's voice go up and down

When making a solar cooker, it is important to figure out how to do this to the sun to melt the cheese on your nachos.

• reflect

• deflect

• circuflex

• flexible

Answer explanation

to bend or throw back light or heat; to fold or turn back

Your wrist is able to do this pretty well.

• circumflex

• inflex

• reflex

• deflect

Answer explanation

to bend around or curve

People who have a hard time in yoga classes can be described as this.

• inflexible

• flexible

• circumflex

• deflect

Answer explanation

not capable of being bent without breaking

Did you see how that mirror bent the light to show the image clearly? What was seen?

• inflexibility

• flexor

• reflex

• reflection

Answer explanation

the image in a mirror that is a result of bending light when it is thrown back