Word Within the Word
Stems List 16
Stem
Stem
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Examples
POS
Definition
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Anglo
English
Angelican, Anglo-Saxon,
Anglophobe
ist
one who
artist, anthropologist,
centrist, atheist
saur
lizard
dinosaur, saurian,
plesiosaur
pithec
ape
calli
beautiful
calligraphy, calliope,
calisthenics
austro
south
Australia, austral,
austromancy
cephalo
head
cephalic, cephalopod,
microcephalic
chiro
hand
chirmancy, chiropody,
chiropteran, chiropractor
caust
burn
holocaust, cauterize,
caustically, caustic
terr
land
cata
down
extraterrestrial,
subterranean,
Mediterranean, terrain
catapult, catastrophe,
catacombs, cataclysm
jur
swear
abjure, jury, perjure,
jurisdiction, jurist
flu
flow
confluence, fluid, influence,
fluent, effluent, fluvial
here
stick
coherence, adhesive,
adhere, inherent, incoherent
pos
put
mund
world
position, deposit,
superimpose, depose,
imposition
mundane, transmundane,
intermundane, mundo
cracy
government
autocracy, democracy,
aristocracy, plutocracy
mania
madness
kleptomania, egomania,
pyromania, megalomania
ize
make
antho
flower
victimize, harmonize,
temporize, mobilize,
polarize
anthology, anthophilous,
anther, anthozoan
algia
pain
neuralgia, analgesic,
arthralgia, algometer
somn
sleep
insomnia, somniferous,
somnolent
dryopithecus, oreopithecus
Definition
quadr
four
err
wander
sine
without
quadrupled, quadratic,
quadrant, quadrilateral,
quadriplegic
error, erratic, erroneous
sinecure, sine qua non, sine
die, sine prole
Assignment
Due Date
HW 1 - Complete Context Clues (on worksheet) and Flashcards
HW 2 - define words
HW 3 - define words
HW 4 – Mystery Questions done in complete sentences
HW 1: Context Clues. Using your knowledge of stems, select the word that best fits in the blank. Write the letter in the
margin AND circle your choice! Do not use a dictionary for this section!!!
___1. He is a member of the _______________________ church.
a. Anglican
b. error
c. quadrant
d. Anglophile
___2. The physician recommended Mrs. Palinkas see the _______________________ to help her back ache.
a. mundo
b. chiropractor
c. chiromancy
d. quadrilateral
___3. The lying criminal __________________ himself as he was on the witness stand.
a. sinecure
b. Holocaust
c. caustic
d. perjured
___4. The host of The Bachelor seems to have __________________ because he always enjoys hearing himself talk.
a. jurisdiction
b. egomania
c. kleptomania
d. arthralgia
___5. Helen Waterford was ___________________________ by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
a. mundane
b. somniferous
c. erratic
d. victimized
HW 4: Mystery Questions. Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Be sure to explain your answer.
1.) Is a flowery ocean coral or a sea anemone an anthozoan?
2.) Is calliopsis ugliness or beauty?
3.) Is Britain’s Prince Charles an Anglophobe?
4.) Is a synopsis a summary?
5.) Does a good politician abjure his commitments?