READAROUND REVIEW ject throw What is the root

READ-AROUND REVIEW: ject = throw

• What is the root that means throw?

• the root ject

• What is the word that describes what you do to something when it can’t be used again?

reject • to throw something out because it’s defective and can’t be used again

• What is the word that describes how you are feeling when you are very sad?

dejected • to feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit

• What is the word that names the word that is thrown into a sentence or conversation?

interjection • a word thrown into a sentence or conversation

• What is the word that describes what people must do to themselves when they work for someone else?

subject • to throw oneself under some else’s rule

• What is the word that names what you would be getting if the doctor gave you a flu shot?

injection • a shot; the “throwing” of medicine into the body by a needle

• What is the word that names the machine that makes images appear on the wall?

projector • a machine that throws an image onto a wall

• What is the word that names the curved path that your paper airplane would have as it goes up and down in the air after you threw it?

trajectory • the curved path of an object throw into space

• What is the word that names what is done when goods are thrown overboard to lighten a boat’s load?

jettison • to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane

• What is the word that describes what you do when you throw something out?

eject • to throw out

• What is the word that names what you could call an object that is thrown into the air with great force?

projectile • an object thrown into the air with great force