The root word fic meaning âmakeâ is a very productive root in English and you should make yourself comfortable with it. purification: process of âmakingâ pure certification: act of âmakingâ sure
bent 1. (bÄnt) v. Past tense and past participle of bend1. adj. 1. Altered from an originally straight or even condition: picked up pieces of bent wire. 2. Determined to take a course of action: I was bent on going to the concert.
5) Bent: Same as tetrahedral, but with two pairs of unshared electrons. These electron pairs take the place of two of the bonds of a tetrahedral. A bent molecule has a central atom with two atoms attached and 2 unshared pairs of electrons.