WORD WITHIN THE WORD List 1
Stem
Meaning
1. ante
before
2. anti
against
3. bi
two
4. circum
around
5. com
together
6. con
together
7. de
down
8. dis
away
9. equi
equal
10. extra
beyond
11. inter
between
12. intra
within
13. intro
into
14. mal
bad
15. mis
bad
16. non
not
17. post
after
18. pre
before
19. semi
half
20. sub
under
21. super
over
22. syn
together
23. sym
together
24. tri
three
25. un
not
WORD WITHIN THE WORD List 2
Stem
Meaning
1. archy
government
2. ard
always
3. cide
kill
4. ician
specialist
5. itis
inflammation
6. aqua
water
7. audi
hear
8. bell
war
9. cap
take
10. cise
cut
11. bio
life
12. auto
self
13. port
carry
14. scrib
write
15. logy
science
16. dict
17. cred
18. cent
19. neo
20. ad
21. cede
22. miss
23.centri
24. biblio
25. anthropo
say
believe
one hundred
new
to
go
send
center
book
man
WORD WITHIN THE WORD List 3
Stem
Meaning
1. homo
same
2. spec
look
3. duct
lead
4. fer
carry
5. pend
hang
6. micro
small
7. hydro
water
8. photo
light
9. pan
all
10. penta
five
11. tele
far
12. vid
look
13. omni
all
14. ex
out
15. poly
many
16. re
again
17. hypo
under
18. pseudo
false
19. neuro
nerve
20. tomy
cut
21. hema
blood
first
• 22. proto
sound
• 23. phon
one
• 24. mono
life
• 25. viv
*Sometimes when we use a stem in a word, the ending
of the stem may be changed.
WORD WITHIN THE WORD LIST 4
Stem
1. morph
2. vest
3. bene
Meaning
shape
clothes
good
4. pond
5. corp
6. dorm
7. pater
8. nov
9. punct
10. ject
11. tion
12. loco
13. dox
14. amphi
15. magn
16. eu
17. endo
18. phobia
19. ortho
20. put
21. ver
22. matri
23. mega
24. pop
25. sangui
weight
body
sleep
father
new
point
throw
act or state
place
opinion
both
great
good
within
fear
straight
think
true
mother
large
people
blood
WORD WITHIN THE WORD LIST 5
Stem
Meaning
1. VITA
Life
2. DEMO
People
3. STEREO
Solid
4. ISM
Doctrine
5. COGN
Know
6. SUR
Over
7. ALTER
Other
8. ASTER
Star
9. DYNA
Power
10. CHRON
Time
11. HYPER
12. LUNA
13. OCTA
14. GYRA
15. CONTRA
16. GEO
17. HELIO
18. THERMO
19. TETRA
20. METER
21. SCOPE
22. SON
23. DEC
24. STELL
25. AMAT
Over
Moon
Eight
Turn
Against
Earth
Sun
Heat
Four
Measure
Look
sound
Ten
Star
Love
WORD WITHIN THE WORD LIST 6
Stem
Definition
1. GERM
VITAL OR RELATED
2. GREG
GROUP
3. MAR
SEA
4. PRIM
FIRST
5. PYRO
FIRE
6. CLAM
CRY OUT
7. PLU
MORE
8. TANG
TOUCH
9. STRING
BIND
10. LIBER
FREE
11. JUNCT
JOIN
12. CLUD
CLOSE
13. SE
APART
14. TRIB
PAY
15. DIGN
WORTHY
16. LUC
LIGHT
17. RUPT
BREAK
18. GRAT
PLEASING
19. MEDI
MIDDLE
20. SOPH
WISDOM
21. TEMPOR
TIME
22. CURR
RUN
23. MIGR
WANDER
24. TRANS
ACROSS
25. GAMY
MARRIAGE