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Spell Bee Word: transfix


Basic Details

Word: Transfix

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To make someone so amazed, frightened or interested that they cannot move or look away.

Synonyms: mesmerise, spellbind, hypnotise

How to Spell Transfix

Syllables: trans - fix

Tricky part: Trans ends in s, and fix ends in x. Students sometimes write tranzfix or transfics.

Watch out for: transfics, tranzfix, transfixx

Memory tip: Trans means through and fix means fasten: a sight that transfixes you seems to pin you to the spot.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The children were transfixed by the puppet show.

Example 2: A huge rainbow transfixed everyone in the playground.

Example 3: The deer stood transfixed in the car's headlights.

Fun Fact

Transfix first meant to pierce right through, as with a spear; today it usually means to hold someone still with wonder or fear.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the prefix that completes the word:

____fix

a) trens
b) trance
c) trans
d) tranz

Show answer

c) trans. Trans means through, as in transport, and joins straight onto fix.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: transfix

a) disturb
b) bore
c) release
d) mesmerise

Show answer

d) mesmerise. To mesmerise someone is to hold their attention completely.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The magician's floating lantern seemed to transfics every child in the hall.

a) magician's
b) lantern
c) transfics
d) floating

Show answer

c) transfics. Fix is spelt with an x, and it stays that way inside transfix.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a film transfixes you, you ____.

a) cannot take your eyes off it
b) fall asleep
c) talk through it
d) walk out

Show answer

a) cannot take your eyes off it

2. What did transfix first mean?

a) to fix a car
b) to change shape
c) to travel far
d) to pierce through

Show answer

d) to pierce through

Associated Words

wreckimpressiveinsecticidebesiegeelectricity
cabinetconvenientoccasionclustertherefore

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