Word Within the
Word
List 10
Stem 1
• Ped: foot or child
• Examples:
• Pedestrian: a person
traveling on foot
• Pediatrician: a doctor
for children
Stem 2
• Mort: death
• Examples:
• Mortal: death wound
• Mortician: person who
takes care of the dead
Stem 3
• carn: flesh
• Examples:
• carnivore: a flesh-eating
animal
Stem 4
• Psych: soul
• Examples:
• Psychic: looking into the
human soul
• Psychology: the science
of the human soul
Stem 5
• Ethno: race or culture
• Examples:
• Ethnic: a group sharing a
common racial or cultural
heritage
Stem 7
• Nat: born
• Examples:
• Prenatal: before birth or
being born
• National: born in that
nation
Stem 8
• Paleo: old
• Examples:
• Paleontologist: study of
forms of very old life
forms like in prehistoric
times (fossils)
Stem 9
• Curs: run
• Examples:
• Cursive: running,
flowing writing
Stem 10
• Crypt: hidden
• Examples:
• Cryptic: having hidden
meaning; mystifying
• Crypt: hidden chamber
Stem 11
• Cad: fall
• Examples:
• Cascade: a waterfall
over steep rocks
• Cadence: regular beat or
fall of rhythm
Stem 12
• Capit: head
• Examples:
• Capital: city that is the
head of government
• Decapitate: behead; no
head
Stem 13
• Loqu: talk
• Examples:
• eloquent: to talk well
• Loquacious: talkative
Stem 14
• Sacro: holy
• Examples:
• Sacrament: holy
ceremony
Stem 15
• Uni: one
• Examples:
• Unicycle: one-wheeled
vehicle
• Union: the act of being
united or made as one
Stem 16
• Ness: quality of
• Examples:
• Softness: the quality
of being soft
• Politeness: the quality
of being polite
Stem 17
• Alt: high
• Examples:
• Altitude: how high in the
air
• Altar: a higher place in the
front of a church
Stem 18
• Ics: art
• Examples:
• Politics: the art of
government
Stem 19
• Iso: equal
• Examples:
• Isometric: equality in
dimensions
• Isosceles: having two
equal sides
Stem 20
• Vert: turn
• Examples:
• Convert: to turn
into another form
• Invert: to turn
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Stem 21
• Ate: cause
• Examples:
• Domesticate: to cause to
feel comfortable at home
• Create: to cause to exist
Stem 22
• Cor: heart
• Examples:
• Coronary: relating to the
heart
• Cordial: hearty; sincere;
warm
Stem 23
• Ess: female
• Examples:
• Lioness: female lion
• Empress: woman ruler
Stem 24
•Muta: change
•Example:
•Mutation: to
undergo a change
Stem 25
• Fug: flee
• Examples:
• Fugitive: person who is
running away or fleeing
• Refugee: one who flees to
a place of safety