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Stems List 91-100!. Test is on Friday! It will include these 10 stems and the 5 review stems. rhodo. Rhododendron – a flowering plant often rose in color Rhodolite – red or pink variety of garnet ROSE!!!!!!!. taxis.
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Stems List 91-100! Test is on Friday! It will include these 10 stems and the 5 review stems.
rhodo • Rhododendron – a flowering plant often rose in color • Rhodolite – red or pink variety of garnet ROSE!!!!!!!
taxis • Taxidermy – art of arranging animals so that they have life-like appearances ARRANGEMENT!!!!!!!
vol • Volunteer – to agree to do something of your own free will • Malevolent – having bad will toward another WILL!!!!!!!
frat • Fraternity – club for boys or brothers in college BROTHER!!!!!!!
trich • Trichina – small hair-like worm that can be a parasite in a human or a hog HAIR!!!!!!!
troph • Eutrophication – gradual increase of nutrients in a body of water • Autotrophy – capability of a plant to make its own nourishment NOURISHMENT!!!!!!!
tox • Toxic – poisonous • Toxin – a poison POISON!!!!!!!
sect • Dissect – to cut into parts for examination • Intersect – to cut through CUT!!!!!!!
zygo • Zygote – the cell that forms after the yoking together of an ovum and a sperm YOKE!!!!!!!
zym • Zymology – the fermentation of liquors FERMENT!!!!!!!
Practice • Rhodophyceae- Define this word and then tell the two stems that make up the word. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=rhodophyceae&r=66 • Define Taxonomy. Explain the connection between this definition and the stem’s meaning, arrangement.
Practice • Name an involuntary body function or action. • What does it mean to fraternize? What does that have to do with the stem’s meaning?
Practice • -osis means condition. Define trichinosis. • Explain how a plant can be called autotrophic. • List two examples of toxins. • Where is a major intersection near your home? Why is this called an intersection?
Practice • Dactyl- means finger. What does zygodactyl mean? Draw a picture and explain what the stem meaning ‘yoke’ has to do with the bird body part. • What is a zymoscope? (scope means look) What does the meaning of zymo and scope have to do with what a zymoscope is?