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JECT JECT means TO THROW I. FOR EACH WORD: 1. Write the word 2. Write what it means 3. Draw a picture to go with it 4. Answer the question about it. word meaning and example what to draw question to answer (you may draw your answer, too) eject to throw out of, like a videotape from a VCR or a player from a baseball game something being ejected What are 3 examples of things or people being ejected? inject to shoot into something, like a needle injecting insulin something being injected reject to fail to accept, or to throw back (like a fish that is too small) something rejected or thrown back What are 2 examples of things or people being rejected? projectile something being thrown, like an arrow or a cannon. Projectile can also be the path taken by something being thrown a projectile smaller than a football or larger than you What are three things that could be projectiles? conjecture speculation - "throwing forward" a possible idea to think about What are three things people make conjectures about besides the weather? abject total and hopeless (as if thrown down); abject poverty is the state of being hopelessly poor someone feeling abject fear What would a man in abject fear say? What might a man say in abject love? Some other words you might see with "ject" in them: object subject objective subjective trajectory Choose one of the "ject" words to complete the sentence. 1. My VCR will not _eject_ my tape. 2. The pen became a_projectile_ when it was thrown across the room. 3. A diabetic may have to _inject_ insulin with a needle. 4. Do you really know they will get married, or is that just _abjection_? 5. The school will automatically _reject_ your application if you don't pay the fee first.

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