Word Stems—List Nine
Stem path
Meaning feeling a nomy fid caco hetero sci graph lat lith tract in co phile ine
-ar hexa fract platy theo fin not law faith bad different know write side rock pull in or not together love nature of relating to six break flat god hedron sided object ambul ous topo end
(faces) walk full of place
Test Date (Work also due):___________
Sample Words sympathy, pathetic, empathy, apathy, telepathy amoral, amorphous, apathy, apolical origin
Greek astronomy, economy, fidelity, confidence, bona fide cacophony, cacography, cacology heterodox, heterogenous, heteronym
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Latin science, conscience, prescience omniscient autograph, photograph, bibliography bilateral, unilateral, lateral fin, latitude
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Latin neolithic, paleolithic, megalith Greek tractor, detract, contract, retract Latin inscribe, insane, insomnia, infidel Latin cooperate, coordinating, coauthor Latin philosopher, audiophile, philanthropy, bibliophile hexagon, hexapod, hexahedron fracture, infraction, fraction plateau, platypus, platyhelminthes
Greek crystalline, canine, ursine, bovine Greek stellar, pulsar, lunar, solar, linear Latin
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Greek theology, pantheism, atheism, monotheism final, infinite, finite, define polyhedron, octahedron, tetrahedron ambulatory, perambulate, luminous, glorious, vivacious topology, topic, topiary, toponym
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Stem assignment – List 9 – Refer to your green contract for specifics
Night 1 – Dictionary
Night 2 – Flashcards
Night 3 - Crossword or Word Search
Night 4 - You may choose one of the following:
1. ABC Order 3 Times Each With Meaning List 8
2. Creative Way List 8
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. Every night my brother somnambulates from his bedroom to the kitchen without waking up.
2. Apollo, Ares, and Athena were three of the Greek pantheon of gods.
3. The luminous moon light was glorious to behold as it lit the entire night sky.
4. Outer space is infinite .
5. The fishing lure had two lateral fins.
Night 6 – Sentences - Complete just as you did Night 5.
6. The chattering, gossiping neighbors were very loquacious .
7. It’s a miracle he had the prescience of the plane crash and didn’t get on that flight.
8. Eight track and cassette players are so neolithic with the modern technology of today.
9. The slimy blob was very amorphous in structure.
10. Students who make their AR goals must be bibliophiles .
Night 7 – Choose one of the following and answer in complete sentences referencing the question.
Synthesis : Find five adjectives using stems from List 9 that could be used to describe the same person, place, or thing. List these adjectives and tell who or what they describe and why you chose them. Be sure to use words and not just stems.
Intuition: Where would you choose to perambulate if you could be instantly transported to the location of your choice. What would you see there? Be sure to show that you understand the meaning of perambulate in your response.
Night 8 – Analogies – Show evidence of thinking! Be sure to explain or give the type.
hexahedron : hexagon :: _________ : __________ omniscience : prescience :: ______ : ______ pantheism : monotheism multilateral : prelude omnivorous : antebellum all-knowing : foreknowledge triangle : pyramid polyhedron : cube cube : square topology : topognosia
STUDY NIGHTLY FOR TESTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tests will be cumulative. Each test will have some or all of the stems from previous lists.