Word Stems—List Ten Test Date (Work also due):___________
Stem
ped
mort
carn
psych
ethno
gen
nat
paleo
curs
crypt
cad
capit
loqu
sacro
Meaning
foot or child
death
flesh
soul
race or culture
origin
born
old
run
hidden
fall
head
talk
holy
Sample Words
pedagogue, centipede, pedestrian
uni
ness
one
quality
alt
ics
iso
vert
ate
cor
ess
muta
fug
high
art
equal
turn
cause
heart
female
change
flee
unicycle, universe, united, uniform Latin
softness, redness, kindness
Old
English
altitude, alto, altimeter, altar
Greek
politics, economics, aesthetics, graphics Greek
isosceles, isothermal, isotope
Greek
introvert, revert, invert, extrovert
Latin
domesticate, implicate, create
Latin
discord, courageous, core
Latin
lioness, empress, princess
Greek
mutant, mutation, transmutation
Latin
centrifuge, fugitive, tempus fugit
Latin
mortal, mortician, mortified,
carnivorous, reincarnated, carnage
psychology, psychic, psychopathic
ethnic group, ethnocentrism
genetics, hydrogen, indigenous
prenatal, native, natural, nativity
paleozoic, Paleolithic
cursive, precursor, cursor, discursive
cryptic, cryptologist, crypt
cascade, cadaver, cadence
decapitate, capital
loquacious, circumlocution, soliloquy
sacrosanct, sacred, sacrifice
origin
Latin
Latin
Latin
Greek
Greek
Greek
Latin
Greek
Latin
Greek
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
Stem assignment – List 10 – Refer to your green contract for specifics
Night 1 – Dictionary
Night 2 – Flashcards
Night 3 - Crossword
Night 4 - You may choose one of the following:
1. ABC Order 3 Times Each With Meaning List 10
2. Creative Way List 10
Night 5-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 cryptologist worked all night to break the enemy’s secret code.
2. The plane’s broken altimeter could no longer tell the distance above sea level.
3. The isothermal piedmont region escaped the extremes of temperatures.
4. Pythons are not indigenous to Florida even though many are inhabiting the Everglades.
5. The lioness ate the prince but not the princess as she was partial to girls.
Night 6 – Sentences - Complete just as you did Night 5.
6. Decapitation was once a common form of capital punishment for criminals.
7. The idea of ethnocentricism is not very tolerant and open-minded to other ethnic groups.
8. A washing machine’s centrifuge flings the clean clothes outward.
9. The student used a clever subterfuge to avoid punishment from his mother.
10. The beasts of Venus are reincarnated after death.
Night 7 – Choose one of the following and answer in complete sentences referencing the
question.
Synthesis: Write five sentences using 3 words from list 10 in each sentence. Be sure to
underline the words you use. Each sentence must have a word from list 10 used as a noun,
verb, and adjective. Be sure to use words and not just stems.
Aesthetics: What sounds do these words suggest: unison, carnival, darkness, sacrifice,
Paleozoic, universe, pedagogue, carnivorous, politeness, discord? Your sounds should
indicate that you understand the meaning of the words. List each one separately.
Night 8 – Analogies – Show evidence of thinking! Be sure to explain or give the type.
lioness : carnivorous :: ______ : ______
softness : kindness :: ___ : ___
extrovert : loquacious
convert : introvert
kindness : softness
sacrosanct : church
somniloquy : discursive
cryptologist : cryptogram
roughness : politeness
rule : surrender
STUDY NIGHTLY FOR TESTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tests will be cumulative. Each test will have some or all of the stems from previous lists.