SAT vocabulary
Inflexion
A change in the pitch or tone of a person's voice; a change in the form of a word (as by the addition of a suffix).
Example
"His voice, usually monotonous, showed a surprising inflexion of excitement when he spoke of his travels."
Etymology
From Latin 'inflectere' meaning 'to bend in'.
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