Grade 5: Vocabulary sect Flashcards
1
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intersection
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the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other
2
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trisect
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to cut into three separate pieces
3
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dissect
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to cut apart for the purpose of investigation
4
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section
A
a separate part of something
5
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transect
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to cut across something
6
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vivisection
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surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases
7
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insect
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a class of small anthropod animals that has three separate sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen
8
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sectional
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a couch that is made up of separate pieces
9
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sector
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a separate part of a society, group or area
10
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bisect
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to cut into two pieces
