Essential Word Roots: A Cut Above: Sect, Sec

A silver thread of river bisected the field and there, nestling in the fold of a meander loop, was the proud oak. Artemis Fowl

Ted was in his third year in pre-med, his choice, he told me, ever since he dissected a fetal pig in the sixth grade. The Joy Luck Club

With plenty of parchment overlap, the entire cooled slab can be lifted from the pan onto a cutting board for easy dissection. The Washington Post

Both the legs and wings of the insect are attached to the thoracic segment of its body. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal

Four cars had been abandoned at haphazard angles along Hill Street, and one near the intersection of Hill and Ericksen had slid into a parked pickup truck, crumpling the driver’s-side rear panel. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel

Occasionally, a twitch of his hand or arm mars what he is doing, but in a little while he is able to twist off a section of the dough and fashion it into a roll. Flowers for Algernon

He had reduced private ownership of land, nationalized certain sectors of the economy, pioneered rapid industrialization, democratized education, and built a modern army. A Long Walk to Freedom

The Missouri River, swollen by the presence of the Garrison Dam, transects the reservation from the northwest corner to the southeast. The New York Times

In the center of the yard, two cobblestone paths intersected, making a cross. The House of Hades

The Mennonite belief that Christians should be “in the world but not of it” has fostered a sectarian ethos that prizes self-sufficiency and mutual aid within the group. The New York Times

Its purpose was to bind the Pacific Slope to the East in a period when sectionalism was a menace to national unity. Dodd, William E.