Stems List #1
Coronado Elementary School
6th Grade
2014 - 2015
ANTE means BEFORE
• Antedate means to date “before”
• This brick phone antedates the
iPhone.
• Th
Anterior means come “before” in time
What do you think antenuptial means?
(Hint: nuptial means to get married.)
How did Lady
Antebellum get
their name?
ANTI means AGAINST
Antithesis means “against” the thesis (a
statement in support of something)
Have you ever had plans that you were so excited about? And, then
the night turned out to be a complete let down.
That’s anticlimactic.
Antibiotics – If you are sick, you might take
antibiotics to get better.
BI means TWO
• Bicycle Binary Biped
• A bicycle has two wheels.
• A binary code uses two
numbers
• A biped is an animal with
two feet.
What do you think
biannual means?
What do you think bicolor
means?
CIRCUM means AROUND
• Circumnavigate means to go around something
• Circumvent means to find a way around.
• This traffic is something you would want to
circumnavigate!
What do you think circumscribe
means?
COM means TOGETHER
Comfort means to ease someone grief,
to soothe or console
Complete means having all necessary
parts, like this puzzle as soon as all
the parts come together, it is
complete.
What do you thing compress means?
CON means TOGETHER
A contact is when two or
more people enter into an
agreement together.
A confederate is a person
who joins with other to carry
out a plan.
What do you think conjoin means?
DE means DOWN
• Denounce means to speak out against
• Deduct means to make a subtraction
• If you are asked to leave money (or a
deposit) on a house what does that mean?
Demolish means to destroy completely
or bring down.
When you write a check
You need to deduct the
amount from your
balance.
It brings down your
balance.
DIS means AWAY
• Dismiss means to end ones encounter with
someone. When I dismiss you from my class, I
send you away.
Distort means to make false as in the message
of a story, to go away from the truth.
• Distract means to draw someone’s attention
away from something.
When I
dismiss you
from my
class,
I send you
away.
EQUI means EQUAL
Equitable means fair to all.
Equilibrium means when something is equally
distributed.
And
equilateral
triangle is
equal on all
3 sides.
EXTRA means BEYOND
• Extraordinary means beyond what is
ordinary.
Ordinary
Extraordinary
& Extravagant
• Extravagant means wasteful or reckless
(beyond what is necessary)
What do you think extracurricular activities would include?
INTER means BETWEEN
• International means from or between two
countries.
• Interjection means to
interrupt.
• An interlude is brief show performed
between the sections of another
performance.
INTRA means WITHIN
• Intrastate means within the states
boundaries.
• Intravenous means an by vein or
within the vein.
• Intracranial means __________
(Cranial means skull)
• A lot of companies have an INTRAnet. This is
different from the INTERnet. What do you think an
intranet is?
INTRO means INTO
• Introduce means to bring
someone new into an
environment.
Introvert means to shy away
from social contact and stay
with in your own thoughts.
What do you think introject
means?
MAL means BAD
• Malevolent means to wish evil on others.
• Malicious behavior arises from intense ill will
(hate).
• What do you think malnourished means?
• Have you ever heard anyone say that’s
malarkey? What do you think that means?
Mr. Despicable was
a malevolent man.
MIS means BAD
• Misfit is someone who can’t adapt to their
circumstances ( a bad fit)
• Mistake means to have bad
judgment.
Misfortune means
unnecessary or
unforeseen trouble.
What do you think misadvise?
NON means NOT
• Nonstop means without a stop.
• Nonprofit means established for a purpose
other than making a profit (money).
• Nonconformity means failure to
conform or be like everyone else.
What do you think nonacid
means?
Some medicine is considered
nonaddictive, what does that
mean?
POST means AFTER
• Postgraduate is something you do after you
graduate.
• Postscript means information that is added
after something is completed.
(an added paragraph to a letter)
• What do you think postdate means?
PRE means BEFORE
• Prelude is something that comes before an
event. (a band that opens for another band)
• Premature means before the normal time has
passed. (A baby that is born before 40 weeks
of pregnancy is considered premature)
What do you think a prenuptial
agreement is? (Remember:
nuptial means marriage)
SEMI means HALF
• Semitone means a pitch interval half way
between two tones.
What do you think semiannual means?
What do you think semipro means?
Semicircle
SUB means UNDER
• Subordinate means a person of lower rank.
(I am my bosses subordinate)
• Submission means to give control to
another or give in to their wishes.
• (Under their control)
Submerge
Submarine
Super means OVER
Supervisor means to watch (over) or keep tabs on.
Superior means of higher
rank or importance.
Dr. Wong is my superior.
The superintendent is her superior.
Superb means more than excellent.
SYN means TOGETHER
• Syndicate means a group of
individuals making a joint effort
to undertake some specific task.
• Syndrome means a pattern
of symptoms groups together
indicate a specific illness
or disease.
• Synchronize means happening
at the same time.
What sport is this?
SYM means TOGETHER
• Sympathy means sharing others feelings
• Symbiotic means organisms that live together.
• Symmetry means balance among
the parts of something.
We know what
groups these
symbols
represent.
TRI means THREE
Tricycle means a vehicle with three wheels
Triangular is
something with
three angles.
What do you think tripod means?
UN means NOT
Unfit means unsuitable or not in good
condition for something.
• Unequal means something is poorly
balanced or not equal.
What do you think misalign means?