Flect, flex

Circumflex

• Tilde
• A mark placed above a valve in some languages to indicate it is pronounced in a certain way

• A mark on a vowel

Deflect

• Bend without changing direction
• Maintain the same course
• To turn around

• To turn the side and away from an initial or intended course; to throw someone or something, of course, often by using distractions

Flexibility

• Easily bent or shaped

• Flexibility is the ability to remain rigid and unchanging.
• Flexibility is the capability to be inflexible and resistant to change.
• Flexibility is the ability to bend or stretch

Flexor

• Tendon
• Ligament in the body

• A skeletal muscle that serves to flex or bed a part of the body

• Cartilage

Genuflect

• To clap hands loudly
• To spin in circles
• To bend one or both knees as a sign of reverence

• To jump up and down repeatedly

Inflection

• Inflection is the process of removing affixes from words to indicate grammatical information.
• Inflection is the process of changing the spelling of words to indicate grammatical information.
• Inflection is the process of combining words to indicate grammatical information.
• The patterns of stress Intonation in speech or in a language

Reflect

• To show or bend back an image.

• To think deeply on a subject

• To absorb
• To deflect

Reflective

• To bounce back light or sound from a surface
• To bend or throw back light or heat
• A surface that reflects light or sound

• Describing a person who thinks things through

Reflex

• And not automatic, instinctive reaction

• Voluntary response to a stimulus
• Something your body does without you thinking about it

• Conscious reaction to a stimulus

Retroflex

• Bent or curved backward

• Consonant sound where the tongue is curled to the side
• Broken not curved

• Consonant sound where the tongue is curled forward slightly