lects: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of lects
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reflect
- verb manifest or bring back
- This action reflects his true beliefs
- verb reflect deeply on a subject
ponder; ruminate; mull; muse; think over; contemplate; meditate; chew over; mull over; excogitate; speculate.
- I mulled over the events of the afternoon
- philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
- The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
- verb manifest or bring back
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select
- verb pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
pick out; choose; take.
- Take any one of these cards
- Choose a good husband for your daughter
- She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
- adjective satellite of superior grade
prime; quality; prize; choice.
- choice wines
- prime beef
- prize carnations
- quality paper
- select peaches
- verb pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
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dialect
- noun the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
accent; idiom.
- the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English
- he has a strong German accent
- it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy
- noun the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
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collect
- noun a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
- verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; compile; accumulate; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
- noun a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
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neglect
- noun lack of attention and due care
disregard.
- noun the state of something that has been unused and neglected
disuse.
- the house was in a terrible state of neglect
- noun lack of attention and due care
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elect
- noun an exclusive group of people
chosen.
- one of the elect who have power inside the government
- verb select by a vote for an office or membership
- We elected him chairman of the board
- noun an exclusive group of people
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intellect
- noun knowledge and intellectual ability
mind.
- he reads to improve his mind
- he has a keen intellect
- noun the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
reason; understanding.
- we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil
- noun knowledge and intellectual ability
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analects
- noun a collection of excerpts from a literary work
analecta.
- noun a collection of excerpts from a literary work
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deflect
- verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
stave off; avert; debar; avoid; obviate; head off; forefend; fend off; ward off; forfend.
- Let's avoid a confrontation
- head off a confrontation
- avert a strike
- verb turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
bend; turn away.
- verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
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recollect
- verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
retrieve; remember; recall; call back; think; call up.
- I can't remember saying any such thing
- I can't think what her last name was
- can you remember her phone number?
- Do you remember that he once loved you?
- call up memories
- verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
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inflect
- verb change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
- verb vary the pitch of one's speech
tone; modulate.
- verb change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
- idiolects1/5
idiolect
- noun the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life
- noun the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life
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deselects
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genuflect
- verb bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
- verb bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
kowtow; scrape.
- verb bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
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subdialect
A subordinate dialect.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `lects`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `lects`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `lects`, some are not.
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