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.
1 Stretching: a change in the length of a bond, such as C-H or C-C. 2  Bending: a change in the angle between two bonds, such as the HCH angle in a methylene group. 3  Rocking: a change in angle between a group of atoms, such as a methylene group and the rest of the molecule.