Word Root sect=cut; separate

to cut into pieces

• bisect

• sectional

• transect

• trisect

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases

• section

• dissect

• sector

• vivisection

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

to cut apart for the purpose of investigation 

• sector

• dissect

• transect

• trisect

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

to cut into three separate pieces

• dissect

• sectional

• trisect

• vivisection

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

a class of small arthropod animals that has three separate sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen

• insect

• transect

• bisect

• trisect

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

to cut across something

• insect

• section

• transect

• section

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other

• sectional

• vivisection

• intersection

• sector

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

a separate part of society, group, or area

• bisect

• trisect

• insect

• sector

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

a separate part of something

• sectional

• section

• dissect

• bisect

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

a couch that is made up of separate pieces

• section

• trisect

• sectional

• insect

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A