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Stems List 25 Mix
by Casey Tran
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| lepsy | attack |
| prim | first |
| octa | eight |
| helio | sun |
| magn | great |
| eu | good |
| pend | hang |
| sub | under |
| intro | into |
| nom | name |
| jur | swear |
| ped | child |
| hemi | half |
| sur | over |
| am (amat) | love |
| viv | life |
| mega | large |
| poly | many |
| son | sound |
| syn | together |
| ambul | walk |
| agog | leader |
| ist | one who |
| introspective | inward looking |
| syndrome | complex of symptoms |
| dissonant | inharmonious |
| credible | believable |
| polyphonic | multi-melodic |
| euphemism | pleasant name |
| megalomania | delusions of greatness |
| vivacious | lively |
| amour-propre | self-love |
| cognoscenti | those who know |
| primate | monkeys, apes, and humans |
| circumvent | get around |
| narcolepsy | attacks of sleep |
| intervene | come between |
| subordinate | lower |
| belligerent | warring |
| impending | overhanging |
| exculpate | free from blame |
| benefactor | helper |
| magnate | powerful person |
| heliotropic | sun-following |
| octogenarian | an eighty-year-old |
| surfeit | excess |
| pellucid | crystal clear |
| hemiplegia | paralysis on one side |