Word Within the
Word
Lesson 14
Day 1
stem 1
•pleo
•definition: more
•example: pleopod:
having more than two
feet
stem 2
•stem: pod
•definition: foot
•example: podiatrist: a
foot doctor
stem 3
• stem: soror
• definition: sister
• example: sororicide: the
killing of one’s sister
•sorority
stem 4
•stem: -a
•definition: plural
•example: data: the plural
of datum (information)
•bacteria (bacterium)
stem 5
•stem: val
•definition: worth
•example: valid: a conclusion
that is true or worthy
•Valuable; value
Stem 6
• para
• beside, near
• Paragraph: words that go beside
or near each other to form a
thought
• paramedic; parapro, parallel
review of stems 1-6
• pleo: more
• pleopod: more feet
• soror: sister
• sororcide: kill sister
• -a: plural
• data: plural datum
• val: worth
• valid: worthy
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conclusion
para: beside, near
paraphrase: means
nearly the same
pod: foot
podiatrist: foot doctor
List 14
Day 2
Stems 7-12
Stem 7
•stem: dom
•definition: rule
•example: dominate
:
exercising control or rule
over; prominent
Stem 8
•Stem: erg
•Definition: work
•Example: energy:
capacity for work or
vigorous activity
stem 9
•stem: rhiz
•definition: root
•example: rhizoid: a
root-like extension of a
fungus
stem 10
•stem: sapro
•definition: rotten
•example: saprophagousfeeding on decaying or
rotten organic matter
stem 11
•stem: schizo
•definition: divide
•example: schizophreniadivided or split
personality
stem 12
•stem: hippo
•definition: horse
•example: hippopotamus- an
aquatic mammal also called
a river horse
Day 2 Review
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dom: rule
example: dominate
erg: work
example: ergonomicsequipment design for the
workplace
• rhiz: root
• example: rhizoid-a rootlike extention of a fungus
• Sapro: rotten
• Example: saprohagous•
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feeding on rotten matter
Schizo: divide
Example: schizophreniadivided personalities
Hippo: horse
Example: hippopotamus-a
river horse
List 14
Day 3
Stems 13-18
stem 13
•stem: som
•definition: body
•example: chromosome-
heredity material in every
organism or human body
stem 14
•stem: spor
•definition: seed
•example: sporophyte-the
seed producing phase in
the life cycle of a plant
stem 15
•Stem: sta
•Definition: stop
•Example: stationary-not
moving, stopped, not
capable of being moved
stem 16
•stem: rhodo
•definition: rose
•example: rhododendron-an
evergreen shrub with a
rose colored flower
stem 17
• stem: taxis
• definition: arrangement
• example: syntax-the
arrangement of words in a
sentence
• Taxidermy – arrangement of skin
stem 18
• Stem: vol
• Definition: will
• Example: voluntary-done or
undertaken of one’s free will
• volunteer
List 14
Day 4
Stems 19-25
stem 19
•Stem: frat
•Definition: brother
•Example: fraternity-
relating to brothers
Stem 20
•Stem: trich
•Definition: hair
•Example: trichosis-any
disease affecting the
hair
stem 21
•stem: troph
•definition: nourishment
•example: dystrophy- a
disorder caused by
inadequate nourishment
stem 22
•stem: tox
•definition: poison
•example: toxin- a
poisonous substance
stem 23
•Stem: sect
•Definition: cut
•Example: bisect- to cut
or divide into two parts
stem 24
• Stem: zygo
• Definition: yoke
• Example: zygote- the cell
formed by the union of two
gametes ; yoke-something
that joins two things together
stem 25
•stem: zym
•definition: ferment
•example: zymurgy- the
branch of chemistry that
deals with the
fermentation process
review of day 4
• frat-brother
• fraternal-relating to
• tox-poison
• toxin-poisonous
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brothers
trich-hair
trichosis- disease
affecting hair
troph-nourishment
dystrophy-disease caused
by inadequate nutrition
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substance
sect-cut
bisect-cut into two parts
zygo-yoke
zygote-the cell formed by
a yoke of two gametes
zym-ferment
zymurgy-the chemistry of
fermentation