Word Within a Word
Stems List #9
Stem
Definition
Examples
path
feeling
pathetic, sympathy
a
not
amorphous, apathy
nomy
law
astronomy, economy
fid
faith
confidence, bona fide
caco
bad
cacophony, cacology
hetero
different
heterogenous, heterodox
sci
know
science, conscience
graph
write
bibliography, autograph
lat
side
bilateral, collateral
lith
rock
megalith, lithograph
tract
pull
tractor, attractive
in
in or not
inscribe, indefinite
co
together
cooperate, coauthor
phile
love
philosopher, philanthropy
ine
nature of
crystalline, canine
-ar
relating to
pulsar, linear
hexa
six
hexagram, hexameter
fract
break
fracture, refraction
platy
flat
platitude, plateau
theo
god
theology, atheism
fin
end
final, infinitive
hedron
sided object
polyhedron, octahedron
ambul
walk
ambulatory, perambulate
ous
full
luminous, vivacious
topo
place
topic, topiary
Stems List 9 Homework:
Monday:
Make flashcards; study!
Tuesday:
Write sentences including each stem. You may use more than one stem
word in a sentence (in other words, you may write less than 25 sentences)
Wednesday:
Write a short story (100-200 words) on any topic using at least five of the
words listed. The main character of your story must be a famous porcine
or equine character.
perambulate, loquacious, apathy, philologist, hexapod, canine,
autograph, diffident, amorphous, polyhedron
Thursday: Study for quiz!!