oid gest apt tact voc demi retro sens fy ocul cur rid ultra leg anim tort nym sanct meta petr mir man
Word Stems—List Eight
Stem sed rect volv sit
Meaning read mind twist name holy change rock wonder hand
Test Date (Work also due):___________
Sample Words sedentary, sediment, sedative, sedate legible, legend, illegible, legendary origin
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Latin animal, animated, magnanimous Latin contorted, distort, tortuous, torture Latin anonymous, acronym, pseudonym Greek sancturary, sanctify, sacrosanct metaphor, metamorphosis, metabolism
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Greek petrify, petroleum, petroglyph miracle, mirage, mirror, admire
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Latin manicure, manipulate, manual, manacles correct, direct, rectangle, rectify Latin right roll half backward feel make revolve, involved, convoluted, revolution
Latin demigod, demitasse, semisemiquaver Latin retrogress, retrospection, retrofire Latin sense, sensitive, sensation, sensory Latin fortify, horrify, solidify, sanctify Latin eye care for laugh beyond binocular, monocular, ocular cure, curator, secure, pedicure ridicule, riddle, riduculous
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Latin ultramarine, ultraviolet, ultramundane appearance android, anthropoid, asteroid carry digest, ingest, gesture, gestation
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Latin fit touch voice adapt, aptitude, maladapted tactile, contact, tactful, intact vocal, vociferously, vocabulary
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Stem assignment – List 8 – Refer to your green contract for specifics
Night 1 – Flashcards
Night 2 - Crossword or Word Search
Night 3 - You may choose one of the following:
1. ABC Order 3 Times Each With Meaning List 8
2. Creative Way List 8
Night 4-Sentences - Read each sentence below. The underlined word in each sentence contains a stem from this week’s list. Using your knowledge of the stem’s meaning and context clues, guess what the underlined word means explaining your reason. Then, look the word up and write the dictionary’s definition along with the part of speech the word is used as in the sentence.
1. The sedentary job left him weak and out of shape.
2. The werewolf is famous for his metamorphosis from man-shape to wolf-shape.
3. The noisy crowd made vociferous objections to the announcement.
4. It can be difficult to adapt to a new environment.
5. After the manual labor, she needed a manicure to restore her hands.
Night 5 – Sentences - Complete just as you did Night 5.
6. The bitter animosity made him lose his friends.
7. The octogenarian was maladapted to the demands of modern society.
8. The way the sixth grader was acting, you would think he had
9. He gave a convoluted explanation which was not simple and straight forward.
10. Primates are known for their binocular retrogressed back to preschool.
vision which helps them judge distances.
Night 6 – Choose one of the following and answer in complete sentences referencing the question.
Analysis : If the British refer to an eighth note in music as a quaver, what do they mean by a demisemiquaver? Show your math! Be sure to include stem meanings also in your answer.
Aesthetics: Which words in List 8 have pretty sounds? List at least 5 and beside each one explain why you think so. Which words sound scratchy or hard? List at least 5 and beside each one explain why you think so. Be sure to use WORDS and not just stems. Choose one word from each to draw and color.
Night 7 – Analogies – Show evidence of thinking! Be sure to explain or give the type.
android: anthropoid :: ______ : ______ curator : museum :: _________ : __________ animal : pachyderm sedative : sedentary robot : ape ridicule : riddle sinecure : manicure pedicure : manicurist curate : congregation manicure : manual
STUDY NIGHTLY FOR TESTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tests will be cumulative. Each test will have some or all of the stems from previous lists.