Word Within the Word Stems List 15 Stem Stem Definition Do you know these words? Examples Definition (Part of Speech MUST be PICK ONE TO DEFINE! included!) heliotrope, troposphere, trophy tropo turn gastro stomach arthro joint dors back dorsal, dorsoventral, dorsum, dorsal fin macro large macrobiotic, macrocosm, macron, macroscopic dextro right or clockwise brachy short brachio arm branchio gills kin motion phylo kind blasto embryo dactylo finger phos light gon angle lite mineral or fossil vore eating omnivore, herbivore, carnivore, voracious, devour holo whole Holocaust, hologram, holograph, holistic haplo single or simple opia sight lent full of ef out gastronomy, gastropod, gastroscope arthritis, arthropod, arthroscopic dextrose, dextral, dexterity, dexterous brachycephalic, brachypterous brachiopod, brachiation, brachiate branchiopod, branchiate, branchia kinetic, kinescope, hyperkinetic phylum, phylogeny, phyla, phylogenesis blastocyst, blastogenesis pterodactyl, dactylology, dactylic phosphorus, phosphene, phosphororscope pentagon, tetragon, decagon, hexagonal, diagonal anthracite, perlite, cryolite, stalactite, halite haploid, haplopia, haplosis myopia, hyperopia, synopsis, biopsy corpulent, virtulent, turbulent, excellent, indolent effusive, effulgent, efflux, efficacy radium, sodium, uranium, germanium ium an element dicho in two parts ventri belly dichotomy, dichotomize, dichotomist ventricle, ventriloquist, ventral Assignment Due Date HW 1 - Complete Context Clues (on worksheet) 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 word on the blank line AND circle your choice! Do not use a dictionary for this section!!! ___1. In time warm bread lost its _________, and became hard as a stone. a. synopsis b. succulence c. dichotomy d. virulence ___2. The spoiled child of life thought his weak tears in some way __________________. a. efficacious b. diagonal c. voracious d. dichotomous ___3. There was a soft __________ in the east. a. arthralgia b. Holocaust c. turbulence ___4. I never met people more __________ or more easily fatigued. a. indolent b. omnivorous c. effusive d. effulgence d. dexterous ___5. I perused, for the first time, those poets whose ___________ entranced my soul. a. effusions b. effluvia c. heliotropes d. macrocosms HW 4: Mystery Questions. Answer the following questions in complete sentences in the Academic Vocabulary section of your 5 subject notebook. Be sure to explain your answer and define the words in the analogies. 1.) Is a cold, unfriendly greeting effusive? 2.) Is a dactylogram a fingerprint? 3.) Is a hypokinetic person extremely overactive? 4.) Is a synopsis a summary? 5.) Is double vision haplopia or diplopia? 6.) macrocosm : telecsope :: microcosm : microscope microscope : telescope television : film gastroscope : gastropod 7.) fructivorous : geophagous:: herbivorous : plant chloroplast : chlorophyll apple : dirt eat : hunger