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This lesson delves into vocabulary related to bending, breaking, and twisting concepts. Key terms include reflect, inflexible, fracture, fragile, infraction, contort, distort, and intractable. Understand how "reflect" can indicate self-control, or how "inflexible" describes something that cannot change easily. Learn about "fracture" as it relates to breaking and how a "fragile" relationship can easily be damaged. This vocabulary exploration will enhance language skills through engaging definitions and real-world examples.
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UNIT 11 VOCABULARY Theme – Twist and Turn
Flex/ flect – Bend Fract – break
Tort – twist Tract – pull, drag
REFLECT (v.) • Bonnie’s disruptive outbursts during class reflect her lack of self-control.
REFLECT • to express or • be an indicator of something
INFLEXIBLE • Unbending, difficult or impossible to change
FRACTURE • the act of breaking something, especially a bone
FRAGILE (adj.) If you share a friend’s secret, you will quickly learn how fragile relationships can be.
FRAGILE (adj.) easily broken, physically weak
INFRACTION (n.) • Although chewing gum is considered by many to be a minor infraction, it creates many unnecessary problems for our custodial staff.
INFRACTION (n.) • Failure to obey or fulfill a law, rule, or contract
CONTORT • To twist out of natural shape, to make unrecognizable
DISTORT (v.) • Amy is jealous of Brenda so she spread an extremely distorted story about what happened at the dance.
DISTORT (v.) • To alter, to give an inaccurate report
INTRACTABLE (adj.) • Strong willed and difficult to control
CONTRACT • (n.) formal agreement • (v.) to tighten or draw together
EXTRACT (v.) • to pull something out, to obtain something from a source