Name _______________________________ C1, W 5-6 Word Within the Word Stems List 13 HW1: Circle one example word, find the part of speech and define the word. Stem Stem Definition Examples (Circle one to define) chrom color chrome, chromatic, chromatin form shape formative, formula, uniform sequ follow sequel, consecutive, sequence glyc sweet hypoglycemia, glycemic, glucose hemo blood hemoglobin, hemophobic, hemolysis ultima last ultimate, ultimatum infra beneath infrared, infrasonic, infraorbital leuko white leukemia, leukocyte, leucite lys break down analysis, electrolysis, hemolysis vac empty vacuum, vacuity, vacant, evacuate meso middle mesomorph, Mesopotamia milli thousandth millipede, millimeter, millimicron mem remember memory, commemorate, memoir gress step digress, progress, aggression labor work laboratory, laborious, elaborate myo muscle myocardial, myopic, myoglobin oligo few or small oligarchy, oligoclase ose sugar sucrose, glucose, lactose, dextrose osis condition psychosis, neurosis, meiosis tude state of solitude, aptitude, multitude patho disease sociopath, pathological, idiopathic phag eat geophagy, anthropophagites phor carry euphoria, metaphor, chromatophore phyt plant neophyte, phytotoxin, gametophyte phyll leaf phyllophagous, chlorophyll, phyllopod (POS) Definition HW 2: Context Clues. Using your knowledge of stems, select the word that best fits in the blank. Write the word on the blank line AND circle your choice! Try not to use a dictionary for this section!!! ___1. The students could not get over the irony that the vampire was __________________. a. formative b. chromatic c. hemophobic d. millimicron ___2. Sarah hated walking through the perfume department in Belk because of the _____________ salespeople who followed her around constantly. a. mezzotint b. vacuous c. obsequious d. egressed ___3. Lisa was tired after a long day of __________________ chores which included washing three cars, cleaning the horse stable, and fixing the plumbing. a. laborious b. memoir c. penultimate d. chromatin ___4. The students felt Nina was empty headed and had nothing to offer but ______________comments. a. infrared b. commemorative c. vacuous d. myopic ___5. Patrick preferred _____________________walls to the plain white ones because it was more appealing to the eyes. a. mezzotint b. hemolysis c. polychrome d. glycemic HW 3: Mystery Questions. Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Make sure you show understanding of the bold word with your answer. 1.) Is an anthropophagite a scientist who studies mankind? 2.) Could you run a one hundred millimeter race in under ten seconds? 3.) If a picture is a mezzotint, does it contain gray or only black and white? 4.) Could a throat specialist treat you for myocarditis? 5.) What is euphoria? When was the last time you felt euphoria?
