Word Within the Word
Stems List 19
Stem
Stem Definition
Do you know these words?
Examples
Definition (Part of Speech MUST be
PICK ONE TO DEFINE!
included!)
ven
come
convene, convention, avenue, vent
ichthy
fish
ichthyosis, ichthyosaur, ichthyologist
pulse
drive
impulse, repulse, pulsate, impulsive
calor
heat
calorie, calorimeter, caloric
sol
sun
solar, solstice, solarium, solarize
strat
layer
stratosphere, strata, stratigraphy
nuc
center
nucleus, nuclide, nucleate
sat
enough
satisfy, dissatisfaction, saturate, sate
protero
early
Proterozoic, proteranthous
mont
mountain
piedmont, Montana, montane
kilo
thousand
kilometer, kiloton, kilowatt, kilogram
myria
many
myriad, myriapod, myriameter
tachy
quick
tachometer, tachycardia, tachylyte
fiss
split
fissile, fission, fissiped, fissure
cumu
heaped
accumulate, cumulus, cumulative
meteor
high
meteorite, meteoric, meteorology
hibern
winter
hibernate, hibernal, hibernaculum
di
two
diverge, diffusion, differ, dilemma
bath
deep
bathos, batholith, bathymetry
cirr
hair
cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus
grav
heavy
gravity, gravid, aggravate
solv
loosen
resolve, dissolve, absolve, solvent
opthal
eye
ophthalmologist, ophthalmic,
ophthalmoscope
oma
tumor
melanoma, carcinoma, hematoma
rub
red
rubric, ruby, rubella
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 Illustration
with caption
HW 1: Context Clues. Using your knowledge of stems, select the word that best fits in the blank. Write the letter in the
margin AND circle your choice! Do not use a dictionary for this section!!!
___1. The bride and groom were not from the same social ______________.
a. myriad
b. rubric
c. stratum
d. solvent
___2. The _____________ winds were bitter and fierce in January.
a. hibernal
b. rubric
c. cumulus
d. hibernating
___3. There are a thousand meters in one __________________________.
a. tachometer
b. centimeter
c. kiloton
d. kilometer
___4. At the first sign of ________________, Mr. Johnson was rushed to the hospital.
a. fissiped
b. tachycardia
c. calorific
d. bathymetry
___5. Heliophiles catch few _______________ rays at the winter solstice.
a. insatiable
b. cumulus
c. solarium
d. solar
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.
When an atom is split it is nuclear fission.
Fission means the act of splitting.
2.) Does the heart race during an episode of tachycardia? Tachycardia is a quick (tachy) heart
(cardio) which means the heart would race during an episode of it.
3.) If you eat very little, is your appetite satiable or insatiable? After eating just a little your
appetite would most likely be insatiable because you have not eaten
enough
4.) Is dismiss the opposite of convene? When you’re dismissed from somewhere you
are sent away. When you convene you come together. Therefore
dismiss as the opposite of convene.
5.) Does a hibernal wind make you hide or give you a chill? A hibernal wind is a winter wind. I
would get a chill or want to hide from the cold.
1.) Is nuclear fission splitting an atom?
6.) resolve : absolve ::
decide : exculpate
meteorite : meteoric
obey : circumvent
solve : interpret
7.) fission : fusion ::
split : join
nuclear : cellular
synthesize : diverge
convention : session