List 1
Give the meaning of "circum".
Around
What does the stem "archy" mean?
Goverment
Give two stems that both mean water.
Hydro and Aqua (List 2)
Intra means within, and so does this stem from List 4.
Endo
What does the stem "chron" mean?
Time
What does the stem "migr" mean?
Wander
What does the stem "acr" mean?
Sharp
What does "sanct" mean?
Holy
The stem "hetero" means ...
Different
What does "vert" mean?
Turn
Give the meaning of a) de
b) dis
a) down
b) away
What is the meaning of the stem "ician"?
Specialist
Give the two stems from this list that mean look.
Spec and vid.
Define these familial stems: a) patri
b) matri
a) father
b) mother
There are two numeric stems in this list. One means 8 and the other means 10.
Octa and dec
Name two stems that mean time.
Tempor and chron [List 5]
What do these stems mean? a) brev
b) fort
a) short
b) strong
Define these stems. a) anim
b) ocul
a) mind
b) eye
"Sed" means sit, what does "ambul" mean? Which one is better for your health?
Walk. Walking (ambul)
The stem "ped" has two possible meanings. What are they?
Child or foot
Give the meanings of a) inter
b) intra
c) intro
a) between
b) within
c) into
Give the meaning of "itis".
Inflammation
Count stems: a) mono
b) omni
c) pan
d) poly
a) one
b) all
c) all
d) many
If you experience "metamorphosis", you are experiencing a change in _______?
shape (morph)
Define these science stems. a) geo
b) meter
c) thermo
a) earth
b) measure
c) heat
What stem means "marriage"?
Gamy
What do these stems mean? a) derm
b) osteo
c) spir
a) skin
b) bone
c) breathe
Define these stems. a) sens
b) tact
c) voc
a) feel
b) touch
c) voice
Name two stems that mean "love".
Phile and amat [List 5]
Define these stems: a) cor
b) gen
c) nat
a) heart
b) origin
c) born
Give a stem that means a) one
b) two
c) three
a) mono (List 3)
b) bi
c) tri
Give the definition of these stems. a) cap
b) dict
c) miss
d) cise
a) take
b) say
c) send
d) cut
The word "microphone" contains two stems from this list. What are they? What do they mean?
Micro - small
Phon - sound
Give the meaning of these stems. a) corp
b) dox
c) eu
d) pond
a) true
b) opinion
c) good
d) weight
Define these cosmic stems. a) aster
b) helio
c) luna
d) stell
a) star
b) sun
c) moon
d) star
What does "pyrophobia" mean?
Use the stems contained in this word to explain your answer.
Fear of fire.
Pyro - fire
Phobia - fear
If a person were to "expire", what has happened to them?
Use the stems to explain your answer.
They would die.
ex - out
spir - breathe
A robot is an anthropoid. What does that mean?
Use the stems to explain your answer.
It means that it is a machine that "looks" like a person/man.
anthropo - man/mankindoid
oid - appearance
What do these stems mean? a) clud
b) curr
c) germ
d) se
a) close
b) run
c) vital or related
d) apart
Define these stems. a) carn
b) ess
c) psych
d) ethno
a) flesh
b) female
c) soul
d) race or culture
Give the meaning of the following word - superfluous.
Identify and give the meaning of the three stems contained in this word.
over (above and beyond) what is necessary.
super - over
flu - flow
ous - full of
If something is DISCREDITED, is that in its favor or against it?
Identify the 2 stems and give their meaning.
It is against it. (Proven to be not true.)
Dis - away
Cred = believe
Why do you "respect" people?
What stems are there? What do they mean? What does the word stems suggest about the meaning of respect?
Re - again
Spec - look
We look at a person, at what they do/represent and give them the honor those things deserve.
Do we (humans) have an endoskeleton or an exoskeleton?
Explain your answer using the stems in those words.
endoskeleton
endo - within
exo - outer [ex - out: List 3]
If you "contradict" someone, what are you doing?
Explain your answer using the stems contained in the word.
Correcting what they have said; showing up an error they made.
contra - against
dict - say
Why is an "exclamatory" sentence called an exclamatory sentence? Explain by examining the parts of the word.
Explain the composition of the word "conjunction".
Ex - out Clam - cry out
A sentence that makes a strong statement/point.
Con - together Junct - join Tion - act or state
The joining together of separate phrases of the sentence.
Would a PACIFIST become a professional PUGILIST (boxer)?
No, pac - peace pug(n) - fight
It would be against his beliefs.
If you wrote a book using a "pseudonym, would you expect readers to know you were the author?
Use the stems to explain your answer.
No, you wrote it using a false name.
pseudo - false
nym - name
What is a "hexahedron"?
Use the stems to explain your answer.
A six-sided object.
hexa - six
hedron - sided object
Is an "altimeter" fitted to an airplane, a car, or both?
If you study an "isotherm" on a weather map, are you looking at a line of changing or similar temperatures?
Airplane. alt - high meter - measure
Similar. iso - equal thermo - heat