Word Within the Word
Stems List 13
Stem
Stem Definition
Do you know these words?
Examples
Definition (Part of Speech MUST be
PICK ONE TO DEFINE!
included!)
chrome, chromatic, chromatin,
polychrome, monochrome
chrom
color
form
shape
sequ
follow
glyc
sweet
formative, formula, uniform, reform,
coli forms
sequel, consecutive, sequence,
consequence
glycerin, hypoglycemia, glycolic,
glucose
hemo
blood
hemoglobin, homophobic, homolysis
ultima
last
infra
beneath
leuko
white
lys
break down
meso
middle
milli
thousandth
mem
remember
gress
step
digress, progress, aggression,
congress, egress
labor
work
laboratory, laborious, elaborate, labor
myo
muscle
vac
empty
oligo
few or small
ose
sugar
osis
condition
psychosis, neurosis, meiosis
tude
state of
solitude, aptitude, multitude
patho
disease
sociopath, pathological, idiopathic,
phag
eat
phor
carry
phyt
plant
phyll
leaf
ultimate, ultimatum
infrared, infrasonic, infraorbital
leukemia, leukocyte, leucite
analysis, electrolysis, hemolysis
mesomorph, mezzotint, Mesopotamia
millipede, millimeter, mill micron
remember, memorandum, memory,
commemorate, memoir
myocardial, myopic, myoglobin
vacuum, vacuity, vacant, evacuate,
vacuous
oligarchy, olioclase
sucrose, glucose, lactose, dextrose
geophagy, anthropophagites,
hemophagite, phyllophagous
euphoria, metaphor, chromatophor
neophyte, phytotoxin, gametophyte
phyllophagous, chlorophyll, phyllopod
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 on separate
sheet of paper. Illustration using three words and includes a caption on
separate sheet of paper.
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. The students could not get over the irony that the vampire was __________________.
a. formative
b. chromatic
c. homophobic
d. mill micron
___2. Sarah hated walking through the perfume department in Belk because of the _____________ sales people 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. hemolytic
c. polychrome
d. glycolic
HW 4: Mystery Questions. Answer the following questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper
1.) Is an anthopophagite 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?
Be sure to explain your answer and define the words in the analogies.
6.) oligarchy : neurosis ::
monarchy : reform
plutocracy : economy
democracy : uniform
gerontocracy : psychosis
7.) pulchritude : ugliness ::
multitude : host
supersonic : infrasonic
ichthyosis : neurosis
neophyte : beginner