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