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Stems List #1-16
Word Within the Word Stems List 1-16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ante | before |
| anti | against |
| bi | two |
| circum | around |
| com | together |
| con | together |
| de | down, away, from |
| dis | away |
| equi | equal |
| extra | beyond |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| intro | into |
| mal | bad |
| mis | bad |
| non | not |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| semi | half |
| sub | under |
| super | over |
| syn | together |
| sym | together |
| tri | three |
| un | not |
| archy | government |
| ard | always |
| cide | kill |
| ician | specialist |
| itis | inflamation |
| aqua | water |
| audi | hear |
| bell | war |
| cap | take |
| cise | cut |
| bio | life |
| auto | self |
| port | carry |
| scrib | write |
| logy | science/study |
| dict | say |
| cred | believe |
| cent | 100 |
| neo | new |
| ad | to |
| cede | go |
| miss | send |
| centri | center |
| biblio | book |
| anthropo | man |
| per | through, away |
| homo | same |
| apo, ap | away, up, off |
| spec | look |
| duct | lead |
| fer | carry |
| pend | hang |
| micro | small |
| hydro | water |
| photo | light |
| pan | all |
| penta | 5 |
| tele | far |
| vid | look |
| omni | all |
| ex | out |
| poly | many |
| re | again |
| hypo | under |
| pseudo | false |
| neuro | nerve |
| tomy | cut |
| hema | blood |
| proto | first |
| phon | sound |
| mono | one |
| viv | life |
| anti | against, prevent, opposite, reverse, hostile to, counteract, rivaling |
| morph | shape |
| vest | clothes |
| bene | good |
| pond | weight |
| corp | body |
| dorm | sleep |
| pater | father |
| nov | new |
| punct | point |
| ject | throw |
| tion | act or state |
| loco | place |
| dox | opinion |
| amphi | both |
| magn | great |
| eu | good |
| endo | within |
| phobia | fear |
| ortho | straight |
| put | think |
| ver | trrue |
| matri | mother |
| pop | people |
| sangui | blood |
| mega | large |
| dia | across, through, throughout, apart, between |
| vita | life |
| demo | people |
| stereo | solid |
| ism | doctrine |
| cogn | know |
| sure | over |
| alter | other |
| astr | star |
| dyna | power |
| chron | time |
| hyper | over |
| luna | moon |
| octa | eight |
| gyro | turn |
| contra | against |
| geo | earth |
| helio | sun |
| thermo | heat |
| tetra | 4 |
| meter | measure |
| scope | look |
| son | sound |
| dec | ten |
| stell | star |
| amat | love |
| ob, oc, op, o | against, upon, toward, opposed to, before, over, completely, oppositely |
| germ | vital or related |
| greg | group |
| mar | sea |
| prim | first |
| pyro | fire |
| clam | cry out |
| plu | more |
| tang | touch |
| string | bind |
| liber | free |
| junct | join |
| clud | close |
| se | apart |
| trib | pay |
| dign | worthy |
| Luc | light |
| rupt | break |
| grat | pleasing |
| medi | middle |
| soph | wisdom |
| curr | run |
| tempor | time |
| migr | wander |
| trans | across |
| gamy | marriage |
| ad, ac, af, an, al, ar, ag | to, toward, addition to, nearness to |
| numer | number |
| fort | strong |
| osteo | bone |
| ornith | bird |
| polis | city |
| fus | pour |
| ego | I |
| spir | breathe |
| dia | across |
| acr | sharp |
| acro | high |
| culp | blame |
| derm | skin |
| zo | animal |
| per | through |
| pac | peace |
| brev | short |
| necro | death |
| urb | city |
| pugn | fight |
| ecto | outer |
| plasto | molded |
| agog | leader |
| cle | small |
| il | not |
| re | again, back, anew |
| sed | sit |
| leg | read |
| anim | mind |
| tort | twist |
| nym | name |
| sanct | holy |
| meta | change |
| petr | rock |
| mir | wonder |
| man | hand |
| rect | right |
| volv | roll |
| demi | half |
| retro | backward |
| sens | feel |
| fy | make |
| ocul | eye |
| cur | care for |
| ultra | beyond |
| oid | appearance |
| gest | carry |
| apt | fit |
| tact | touch |
| voc | voice |
| rid | laugh |
| pro | forward, before, for |
| path | feeling |
| a | not |
| nomy | law |
| fid | faith |
| caco | bad |
| hetero | different |
| sci | know |
| graph | write |
| lat | side |
| lith | rock |
| tract | pull |
| in | in, not |
| co | together |
| phile | love |
| ine | nature of |
| -ar | relating to |
| hexa | six |
| fract | break |
| platy | flat |
| theo | god |
| ifn | end |
| hedron | sided object |
| ambul | walk |
| ous | full of |
| topo | place |
| sub, suc, suf, sug, sum, sup, sur, sus | under, beneath, below, lower, somewhat, inferior |
| ped | foot, child |
| mort | death |
| carn | flesh |
| psych | soul |
| ethno | race, culture |
| gen | origin |
| nat | born |
| paleo | old |
| curs | run |
| crypt | hidden |
| cad | full |
| capit | head |
| loqu | talk |
| sacro | holy |
| uni | one |
| ness | quality |
| alt | high |
| ics | art |
| iso | equal |
| vert | turn |
| ate | cause |
| cor | heart |
| ess | female |
| muta | change |
| fug | flee |
| trans, tra | across, over, through, beyond, on the other side |
| -i | plural of -us |
| jus | law |
| lum | light |
| ann | year |
| apo | away, up |
| sen | old |
| sol | alone |
| bas | low |
| rogat | ask |
| parl | speak |
| potent | power |
| surg | rise |
| log | word, reason |
| gram | writing |
| cant | sing |
| reg | rule |
| pro | forward |
| gyn | woman |
| ag | to do |
| act | to do |
| mob | move |
| sess | sit |
| fic | make |
| nounce | tell |
| andro | man |
| super, supra | over, above, higher, on top of, greater, surpassing |
| an- | without |
| ab | away |
| mel | song |
| aden | gland |
| aer | air |
| alb | white |
| ase | enzyme |
| epi | on |
| hum | earth |
| -be | life |
| bon | good |
| struct | build |
| chlor | green |
| cyan | blue |
| cyt | cell |
| diplo | double |
| dys | bad |
| eco | house |
| emia | blood |
| enter | intestine |
| erythro | red |
| idio | peculiar |
| exo | out |
| im | not |
| fil | thread |
| com, con, col, cor, co | together, with, (intensifier of following stem) |
| chrome | color |
| form | shape |
| sequ | follow |
| gly | sweet |
| hemo | blood |
| ultima | last |
| infra | beneath |
| leuko | white |
| lys | break down |
| meso | middle |
| milli | thousandth |
| mem | remember |
| gress | step |
| labor | work |
| myo | muscle |
| vac | empty |
| oligo | few, small |
| ose | sugar |
| osis | condition |
| tude | state of |
| patho | disease |
| phag | eat |
| phor | carry |
| phyt | plant |
| phyll | leaf |
| dis, di, dif | away, apart, not, cease, opposite of, lack of, fail |
| pleo | more |
| pod | foot |
| soror | sister |
| -a | plural |
| val | worth |
| para | beside, near |
| dom | rule |
| erg | work |
| rhiz | root |
| sapro | rotten |
| schizo | divide |
| hippo | horse |
| som | body |
| spor | seed |
| sta | stop |
| rhodo | rose |
| taxis | arrangement |
| vol | will |
| frat | brother |
| trich | hair |
| troph | nourishment |
| tox | poison |
| sect | cut |
| zygo | yoke |
| zym | ferment |
| ex, exo, ef, e, ec, es | out, beyond, without, upward, forth, thoroughly |
| tropo | turn |
| gastro | stomach |
| arthro | joint |
| ventri | belly |
| dors | back |
| macro | large |
| dextro | right or clockwise |
| brachy | short |
| brachio | gills |
| kin | motion |
| phylo | kind |
| blasto | embryo |
| dactyl | finger |
| phos | light |
| gon | angle |
| lite | mineral or fossil |
| vore | eating |
| holo | whole |
| haplo | single or simple |
| opia | sight |
| lent | full of |
| ef | out |
| ium | an element |
| dicho | in two parts |
| in, il, ir, im | in, into, with, on, toward-- not, without, no |
| Anglo | English |
| ist | one who |
| saur | lizard |
| pithe | ape |
| calli | beautiful |
| austo | south |
| cephalo | head |
| chiro | hand |
| caust | burn |
| terr | land |
| cata | down |
| jur | swear |
| flu | flow |
| here | stick |
| pos | put |
| mund | world |
| cracy | government |
| mania | madness |
| ize | make |
| antho | flower |
| algia | pain |
| somn | sleep |
| quadr | foour |
| err | wander |
| sine | without |