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stems november 12-16
block3_stems 11-12-12-11-16-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Centri- center | eccentric synonym- Bizarre, cranky, curious Antonyms- average, standard, usual sentence- He was kind but eccentric man. |
| ous- full of | Courageous synonym- bold, brave, fearless Antonym- chicken, coward, fearful sentence- She was a courageous woman. |
| sanct- Holy | Sanctuary Synonym- shrine, sanctum, martyry Antonyms- danger, exposure, fiendish Sentence- The Sanctuary contains the altar of sacrifice. |
| Phon- sound | phone synonym- dial, ring, buzz Antonym- hang up sentence- My mom finally got off the phone. |
| clam- Cry out | clamber antonym- stay directed synonmtm- climb, scrabble, swarm sentence- The children clambed over th roks. synonym |
| Trans- Across | tranport Synonym - Dispatch, ship, send Antonyms- accept, receive sentence- He was transported for stealing. |
| Fort- strong | comfort Synonym- assure, cheer, soothe Antonyms- distress, toyment, torture sentence- We can comfort ourselves. |
| Tang- Touch | entangled synonym- interlace,knot, intertwine Antonyms- Untwine, Untwist, disentangled sentence- we manage to entangle the stream of light. |
| sacro-Holy | sacrosanct synonym- hallowed, holy, sacride Anotonyms- Unhallowed, desacralized, deconsecrated Sentence- The tradition is regarded as sacrosanct. |
| Not- non | nonaction synonyms- unact, undeed, nothing Antonym- act, deed, something sentence- They decided that nonaction was necessary. |
| Bas- low | abase- Synonym- debase, canker, corrupt Antonms-elevate, ennoble, uplift sentence- I certainly dont abase myself. |
| Muta-change | Mutation synonym change, deviant, variation, Antonym- inaction, stagnation, sentence- The cat's short tail is the result od Mutation. |
| Terr-land | Interrupt Synotons- break in, cut in intrude Antonym- Unbreak, Uncut, Undivide Sentence- It's not right to Interrupt |
| Cogn-Know | cognate Synonym- Alike, Ditto, Such Antonym- Unakin, Unlike, diverse Sentence- The sound is no cognate. |
| Re-again | Reverse Synonym- switch, invert, transpose Antonym- face, front, forehead Sentence- can anything reverse to trend. |