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Word List for February 13, 2012

Bisect(v) - to cut into two pieces

Dissect(v) - to cut apart for the purpose of investigation

Insect(n)-a class of arthropod animals that has three separate

Sections to their bodies: head, thorax, 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