Expand Your Vocabulary with Word Stems

1. Word Within the Word Lesson 14 Day 1

2. stem 1 • pleo • definition: more • example: pleopod: having more than two feet

3. stem 2 • stem: pod • definition: foot • example: podiatrist: a foot doctor

4. stem 3 • stem: soror • definition: sister • example: sororicide: the killing of one’s sister • sorority

5. stem 4 • stem: -a • definition: plural • example: data: the plural of datum (information) • bacteria (bacterium)

6. stem 5 • stem: val • definition: worth • example: valid: a conclusion that is true or worthy • Valuable; value

7. Stem 6 • para • beside, near • Paragraph: words that go beside or near each other to form a thought • paramedic; parapro, parallel

8. pleo: more pleopod: more feet soror: sister sororcide: kill sister -a: plural data: plural datum val: worth valid: worthy conclusion para: beside, near paraphrase: means nearly the same pod: foot podiatrist: foot doctor review of stems 1-6

9. List 14 Day 2 Stems 7-12

10. Stem 7 • stem: dom • definition: rule • example: dominate: exercising control or rule over; prominent

11. Stem 8 • Stem: erg • Definition: work • Example: energy: capacity for work or vigorous activity

12. stem 9 • stem: rhiz • definition: root • example: rhizoid: a root-like extension of a fungus

13. stem 10 • stem: sapro • definition: rotten • example: saprophagous-feeding on decaying or rotten organic matter

14. stem 11 • stem: schizo • definition: divide • example: schizophrenia- divided or split personality

15. stem 12 • stem: hippo • definition: horse • example: hippopotamus- an aquatic mammal also called a river horse

16. dom: rule example: dominate erg: work example: ergonomics-equipment design for the workplace rhiz: root example: rhizoid-a root-like extention of a fungus Sapro: rotten Example: saprohagous-feeding on rotten matter Schizo: divide Example: schizophrenia-divided personalities Hippo: horse Example: hippopotamus-a river horse Day 2 Review

17. List 14 Day 3 Stems 13-18

18. stem 13 • stem: som • definition: body • example: chromosome- heredity material in every organism or human body

19. stem 14 • stem: spor • definition: seed • example: sporophyte-the seed producing phase in the life cycle of a plant

20. stem 15 • Stem: sta • Definition: stop • Example: stationary-not moving, stopped, not capable of being moved

21. stem 16 • stem: rhodo • definition: rose • example: rhododendron-an evergreen shrub with a rose colored flower

22. stem 17 • stem: taxis • definition: arrangement • example: syntax-the arrangement of words in a sentence • Taxidermy – arrangement of skin

23. stem 18 • Stem: vol • Definition: will • Example: voluntary-done or undertaken of one’s free will • volunteer

24. List 14 Day 4 Stems 19-25

25. stem 19 • Stem: frat • Definition: brother • Example: fraternity- relating to brothers

26. Stem 20 • Stem: trich • Definition: hair • Example: trichosis-any disease affecting the hair

27. stem 21 • stem: troph • definition: nourishment • example: dystrophy- a disorder caused by inadequate nourishment

28. stem 22 • stem: tox • definition: poison • example: toxin- a poisonous substance

29. stem 23 • Stem: sect • Definition: cut • Example: bisect- to cut or divide into two parts

30. stem 24 • Stem: zygo • Definition: yoke • Example: zygote- the cell formed by the union of two gametes ; yoke-something that joins two things together

31. stem 25 • stem: zym • definition: ferment • example: zymurgy- the branch of chemistry that deals with the fermentation process

32. frat-brother fraternal-relating to brothers trich-hair trichosis- disease affecting hair troph-nourishment dystrophy-disease caused by inadequate nutrition tox-poison toxin-poisonous 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 review of day 4