Given that this week is a four day week, we will not have our regularly-scheduled test. However, you were given the words on Monday so that you can have two whole weeks to study! The words and definitions are listed below and share the common root of "sect," which means "to cut or separate."
bisect (v) - to cut into two pieces
dissect (v) - to cut apart for the purpose of investigation
insect (n) - a class of small arthropod animals that has three separate sections to their bodies: head, thorax, and abdomen
intersection (n) - the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other
section (n) - a separate part of something
sectional (n) - a couch that is made up of separate pieces
sector (n) - a separate part of a society, group, or area
transect (v) - to cut across something
trisect (v) to cut into three separate pieces
vivisection (n) - surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases
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