Word Within the Word Stems List 13
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Stem Stem Definition Examples
chro color chrome, chromatic, chromatin, polychrome, monochrome
m
form shape formative, formula, uniform, reform, coliforms
sequ follow sequel, consecutive, sequence, consequence
glyc sweet glycerin, hypoglycemia, glycemic, glucose
hemo blood hemoglobin, hemophobic, hemolysis
ultima last ultimate, ultimatum
infra beneath infrared, infrasonic, infraorbital
leuko white leukemia, leukocyte, leucite
lys break down analysis, electrolysis, hemolysis
meso middle mesomorph, mezzotint, Mesopotamia
milli thousandth millipede, millimeter, millimicron
mem remember remember, memorandum, memory, commemorate, memoir
gress step digress, progress, aggression, congress, egress
labor work laboratory, laborious, elaborate, labor
myo muscle myocardia, myopic, myoglobin
vac empty vacuum, vacuity, vacant, evacuate, vacuous
oligo few or small oligarchy, olioclase
ose sugar sucrose, glucose, lactose, dextrose
osis condition psychosis, neurosis, meiosis
tude state of solitude, aptitude, multitude
patho disease sociopath, pathological, idiopathic,
phag eat geophagy, anthropophagites, hemophagite, phyllophagous
phor carry euphoria, metaphor, chromatophor
phyt plant neophyte, phytotoxin, gametophyte
phyll leaf phyllophagous, chlorophyll, phyllopod
Context Clues. Using your knowledge of stems, select the word that best fits in the blank. Write the word on the blank
line AND circle your choice! Do not use a dictionary for this section!!!
___1. The students could not get over the irony that the vampire was __________________.
a. formative b. chromatic c. hemophobic d. millimicron
___2. Sarah hated walking through the perfume department in Belk because of the _____________ sales people who
followed her around constantly.
a. mezzotint b. vacuous c. obsequious d. egressed
___3. Lisa was tired after a long day of __________________ chores which included washing three cars, cleaning the
horse stable, and fixing the plumbing.
a. laborious b. memoir c. penultimate d. chromatin
___4. The students felt Nina was empty headed and had nothing to offer but ______________comments.
a. infrared b. commemorative c. vacuous d. myopic
___5. Patrick preferred _____________________walls to the plain white ones because it was more appealing to the
eyes.
a. mezzotint b. hemolysis c. polychrome d. glycemic
Mystery Questions. Answer the following questions in complete.
Be sure to explain your answer and define the words in the analogies.
1.) Is an anthopophagite a scientist who studies mandkind?
2.) Could you run a one hundred millimeter race in under ten seconds?
3.) If a picture is a mezzotint, does it contain gray or only black and white?
4.) Could a throat specialist treat you for myocarditis?
5.) What is euphoria? When was the last time you felt euphoria?
6.) oligarchy : neurosis ::
monarchy : reform
plutocracy : economy
democracy : uniform
gerontocracy : psychosis
7.) pulchritude : ugliness ::
multitude : host
supersonic : infrasonic
ichthyosis : neurosis
neophyte : beginner
