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8th grade stems
31-38
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mal | bad |
| post | after |
| port | carry |
| dict | say |
| omni | all |
| lith | rock |
| bene | good |
| cred | believe |
| neo | new |
| uni | one |
| non | not |
| archy | government |
| inter | between |
| vid | look |
| mono | one |
| pond | weight |
| in | not |
| sci | know |
| phyte | plant |
| lat | side |
| malapropism | ludicrous misuse of a word |
| nonplussed | perplexed |
| postlude | concluding section |
| heirarchy | ranking |
| portly | stout |
| interdiction | prohibition |
| vide | see |
| omnibus | covering many things |
| monolithic | massive and uniform |
| imponderable | difficult to ponder |
| benediction | blessing |
| incredulous | not believing |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| neophyte | beginner |
| unilateral | one-sided |
| hypo | under |
| hypothecate | pledge as security |
| hetero | different |
| dox | opinion |
| heterodox | unorthodox |
| pater | father |
| paterfamilias | male head of family |
| put | think |
| putative | thought-to-be |
| ver | true |
| aver | affirm or declare |
| mega | large |
| megaton | force of 1 million tons of dynamite |
| sangui | blood |
| sangfroid | cold-blooded composure |
| alter | other |
| ego | i |
| alter ego | second self |
| altercation | heated dispute |
| contra | against |
| ven | come |
| contravene | go against |
| loqu | talk |
| circum | around |
| circumloqution | talking in circles |
| sol | alone |
| soliloquy | speech to oneself |
| fy | make |
| moll | soft |
| greg | group |
| ous | full of |
| gregarious | sociable |
| de | down |
| voc | voice |
| luc | light |
| acr | sharp |
| ambul | walk |
| pugn | fight |
| sequ | follow |
| centri | center |
| full of | |
| sanct | holy |
| phon | sound |
| clam | cry out |
| trans | across |
| fort | strong |
| per | through |
| fid | faith |
| non | not |
| ego | I |
| loqu | talk |
| sacro | holy |
| caco | bad |
| tang | touch |
| fulguration | flashing |
| declaim | speaking rhetorically |
| sotto voce | in a low voice |
| translucent | semi transparent |
| forte | strong point |
| acerbity | sharpness of temper |
| perambulate | wander through |
| perfidy | breach of faith |
| impugn | attack as false |
| sacrosanct | sacred |
| nonsequitur | a conclusion which does not follow the evidence |
| cacophony | horrendous noise |
| dict | say |
| bas | low |
| nihil | nothing |
| muta | change |
| terr | land |
| cogn | know |
| re | again |
| super | over |
| de | down |
| gram | writing |
| obit | death |
| sequ | follow |
| path | feeling |
| ism | doctrine |
| inter | between |
| in | not |
| sed | sit |
| tort | twist |
| anim | mind |
| epi | on |
| ob | against |
| obiter dictum | passing remark |
| obsequious | servilely following |
| abase | to lower |
| pathetic fallacy | ascribing feelings to things |
| ratiocination | methodical thinking |
| mutatis mutandis | with necessary changes |
| interstice | small space |
| terra incognita | unknown land |
| sedate | calm |
| retort | swift reply |
| nihilism | belief in nothing |
| supersede | replace |
| inanimate | lifeless |
| condescend | lower oneself |
| epigram | witty comment |
| anthropo | man |
| Gastro | Stomach |
| Auto | Self |
| Contra | Against |
| Viv | life |
| Helio | Sun |
| Culp | Blame |
| Spec | Look |
| Mono | One |
| Centri | Center |
| Medi | Middle |
| Ambi | Both |
| Ism | Doctrine |
| Trans | Across |
| Ex | Out |
| Intro | Into |
| Trop | Turn |
| Lykos | Wolf |
| Anthropocentric | Man-Centered |
| Autodidact | Self-taught Person |
| In Medais Res | in the middle of things |
| Circumambient | surrounding |
| Reify | Treat as real |
| Vivacious | Lively |
| Heliotropic | Sun-following |
| Introspective | inward looking |
| Gastronome | A gourmet or epicure |
| Monism | Doctrine that in reality is one |
| Lycanthrope | Werewolf |
| Transmogrify | Change form |
| Au Contraire | to the contrary |
| Circumvent | get around |
| Exculpate | Free from Blame |
| pre | before |
| gen | origin |
| jur | swear |
| sopor | sleep |
| ped | foot |
| lin | line |
| tomy | cut |
| tort | twist |
| ob | against |
| sesqui | one and a half |
| nec | kill |
| post | after |
| son | sound |
| demo | people |
| inter | between |
| cracy | government |
| phan | appearance |
| dicho | in two parts |
| sui | self |
| partheno | virgin |
| pluto | wealth |
| a priori | from theory |
| a posteriori | from observation |
| parthenogenesis | unfertilized birth |
| assonance | vowel repetition |
| objurgation | rebuke |
| demotic | of the common people |
| soporific | sleep-inducing |
| internecine | mutually destructive |
| sesquipedalian | very long (words) |
| sui generis | unique |
| plutocracy | government of the wealthy |
| delineate | to outline |
| dichotomy | two-part division |
| epiphany | revelation |
| tortuous | twisting |
| Thanatos | Death |
| Opia | Sight |
| Vac | Empty |
| Luc | Light |
| Ize | Make |
| Sed | Sit |
| Fug | Flee |
| Pusill | Small |
| Nepo | Nephew |
| Viv | Life |
| Spir | Breathe |
| Syn | Together |
| Man | Hand |
| Ex | Out |
| Ism | System |
| Sub | Under |
| Ine | Nature of |
| Anim | Mind |
| Bon | Good |
| Ous | Full of |
| Log | reason |
| phor | carry |
| loco | place |
| de | down |
| phobia | fear |
| schizo | divide |
| theo | god |
| curs | run |
| eu | good |
| funi | cord |
| nym | name |
| ize | make |
| re | again |
| ambul | walk |
| ideo | idea |
| apo | up |
| pre | before |
| cosmo | universe |
| phon | sound |
| meta | change |
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