Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

Normal Size Small Size show me how

Stems List #1-30

Word Within the Word

Stem	Definition
ante	before
anti	against
bi	two
circum	around
com	together
con	together
de	down
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	inflammation
aqua	water
audi	hear
bell	war
cap	take
cise	cut
bio	life
auto	self
port	carry
scrib	write
logy	science
dict	say
cred	believe
cent	one hundred
neo	new
ad	to
cede	go
miss	send
centri	center
biblio	book
anthropo	man
homo	same
spec	look
duct	lead
fer	carry
pend	hang
micro	small
hydro	water
photo	light
pan	all
penta	five
tele	far
vid	look
omni	all
ex	out
poly	many
re	again
hyp	under
pseudo	false
neuro	nerve
tomy	cut
hema	blood
proto	first
phon	sound
mono	one
viv	life
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	true
matri	mother
mega	large
pop	people
sangui	blood
vita	life
demo	people
stereo	solid
ism	doctrine
cogn	know
sur	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	four
meter	measure
scope	look
son	sound
dec	ten
stell	star
amat	love
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
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
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
path	feeling
a	not
nomy	law
fid	faith
caco	bad
hetero	different
sci	know
graph	write
lat	side
lith	rock
tract	pull
in	in or not
co	together
phile	love
ine	nature of
-ar	relating to
hexa	six
fract	break
platy	flat
theo	god
fin	end
hedron	sided object
ambul	walk
ous	full of
topo	place
ped	foot or child
mort	death
carn	flesh
psych	soul
ethno	race or culture
gen	origin
nat	born
paleo	old
curs	run
crypt	hidden
cad	fall
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
-i	plural
jus	law
lum	light
ann	year
apo	away or up
sen	old
sol	alone
bas	low
rogat	ask
parl	speak
potent	power
surg	rise
log	word or 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
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
chrom	color
form	shape
sequ	follow
glyc	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 or small
ose	sugar
osis	condition
tude	state of
patho	disease
phag	eat
phor	carry
phyt	plant
phyll	leaf
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
tropo	turn
gastro	stomach
arthro	joint
ventri	belly
dors	back
macro	large
dextro	right or clockwise
brachy	short
brachio	arm
branchio	gills
kin	motion
phylo	kind
blasto	embryo
dactylo	finger
phos	light
gon	angle
lite	mine
vore	eating
holo	whole
haplo	single or simple
opia	sight
lent	full of
ef	out
ium	an element
dicho	in two parts
anglo	English
ist	one who
saur	lizard
pithec	ape
calli	beautiful
austro	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	four
err	wander
sine	without
lingu	tongue
mot	move
nav	ship
und	wave
flect	bend
coron	crown
aur	gold
liter	letter
rat	think
sis	condition
par	equal
mens	measure
mony	condition
quin	five
socio	society
ovi	egg
phasia	speech
pter	wing
phen	appearance
hist	tissue
glott	tongue
phan	appearance
peri	near or around
pot	drink
via	road
atmo	vapor
cardio	heart
cosmo	world or universe
counter	against
cranio	skull
cyclo	circle
gno	know
oss	bone
xylo	wood
monger	seller
sept	seven
xeno	stranger
vas	vessel
fore	front
ish	like
less	without
baro	pressure
ferro	iron
quasi	somewhat
nesia	island
lepsy	attack
let	little
nano	billionth
pico	trillionth
ideo	idea
ven	come
icthy	fish
pulse	drive
calor	heat
sol	sun
strat	layer
nuc	center
sat	enough
protero	early
mont	mountain
kilo	thousand
myria	many
tachy	quick
fiss	split
cumu	heaped
meteor	high
hibern	winter
di	two
bath	deep
cirr	hair
grav	heavy
solv	loosen
opthal	eye
oma	tumor
rub	red
mela	black
vice	in place of
foli	leaf
atom	vapor
orb	circle
multi	many
ign	fire
moll	soft
lin	line
hemi	half
oo	egg
grade	step
pneumo	lung
radi	ray
oscu	mouth
ob	against
vect	carry
digit	finger
gymno	naked
plasm	form
narco	sleep
vermi	worm
lign	wood
dendr	tree
lachry	tear
equivocate	to hedge
superfluous	unnecessary
bilateral	two sided
unilateral	one sided
circumspect	cautious
commensurate	of like measure
malevolence	evil intent
neophyte	beginner
misanthropist	people-hater
bellicose	warlike
anthropomorphic	man-shaped
captious	fault finding
neologism	new word
malediction	a curse
incredulous	not believing
omniscient	all-knowing
monomania	obsession with one thing
specious	false
excoriate	verbally flog
prototype	first model
xenophobia	fear of foreigners
benediction	blessing
amorphous	shapeless
preponderance	bulk
magnanimous	great minded
mollify	make soft
icthyologist	fish scientist
polyglot	multi-linguist
diaphanous	semitransparent
somniferous	bringing sleep
sinecure	an easy lucrative job
soliloquy	speech to oneself
adherent	supporter
abjure	renounce
caustic	burning
confluence	a flowing together
depose	topple from power
egomania	self-obsession
egregious	blatant
analgesic	painkiller
chiromancy	palm reading
oligarchy	government by a few
intractable	stubborn
intransigent	not compromising
perfidious	treacherous
perspicuous	brilliantly clear
ingenuous	innocent and naive
circumlocation	talking in circles
gregarious	sociable
discursive	rambling
egocentric	self-centered
tangible	touchable
demagogue	corrupt politician
preclude	foreclose
cryptologist	code breaker
ethnocentrism	racial or cultural prejudice
pedagogue	teacher
recant	retract
revoke	cancel
pugnacious	combative
incisive	sharp
diatribe	abusive criticism
anomaly	abnormality
enumerate	to list
circumscribed	limited
intercede	mediate
disputatious	argumentative
loquacious	talkative
abrogate	annul
prescience	foreknowledge
sacrosanct	sacred
androgynous	masculine and feminine
acronym	initials-name
congenital	at birth
cacophony	bad noise
advocate	speak for
ponderous	weighty
retribution	revenge
android	robot
infidel	unbeliever
resurgence	rising again
punctilious	precise in conduct
condescend	lower oneself
collateral	side by side
irrevocable	beyond recall
elucidate	explain
epigram	witty comment
eccentricity	oddness
cognizant	aware
stringent	binding
anthropoid	manlike
diffident	shy
pandemonium	demonic clamour
urbane	sophisticated
tractable	docile
supersede	replace
temporize	delay
somnambulist	sleepwalker
sanguinary	bloody
inanimate	lifeless
delineate	to outline
emollient	softener
retrograde	backward
melancholy	dark sadness
intracranial	within the skull
cardivascular	of the heart and vessels
epiphany	revelation
histology	study of living tissues
perihelion	orbital point nearest the sun
inherent	built-in
plutocracy	government of the wealthy
sine qua non	essential element
corpulent	full-bodied
dichotomy	two-part division
pathological	diseased
cryptic	having hidden meaning
isosceles	having two equal sides
pathogen	disease-causer
viciferous	loudly-voiced
rectify	correct
sanctimonious	affectedly holy
tortuous	twisting
rectilinear	right-angled
metamorphosis	change of shape
petroglyph	rock carving
introspective	inward looking
intervene	come between
syndrome	complex of symptoms
subordinate	lower
dissonant	inharmonious
belligerent	warring
credible	believable
impending	overhanging
polyphonic	multi-melodic
exculpate	free from blame
euphemism	pleasant name
benefactor	helper
megalomania	delusions of greatness
magnate	powerful person
vivacious	lively
amour-propre	self-love
octagenarian	an eighty-year-old
cognoscenti	those who know
surfeit	excess
heliotropic	sun-following
primate	monkeys, apes, and humans
pellucid	crystal clear
circumvent	get around
hemiplegia	paralysis on one side
narcolepsy	attacks of sleep
chronic	lasting
hyperbole	overstatement
sonorous	full-sounding
germane	related
convivial	jovial, festive
cognomen	nickname
anarchist	one against government
animadversion	criticism
pusillianimous	small-minded
subterfuge	evasive dodge
saturnine	gloomy and remote
luminary	enlightening person
exorbitant	unreasonable
expatriate	banish
filigree	lacy design
eulogy	words of praise
sedentary	sitting
euphoria	joy
bonhomie	good-naturedness
bona fide	good faith
bon vivant	indulger in luxury
mutable	changeable
impute	attribute discredit
status quo	the present state
paradigm	model
schism	division
bootless	useless
rubicund	red
apotheosis	raising to god status
precursor	forerunner
transpose	switch
invective	bitter denunciation
pretidigitation	sleight of hand
cosmology	study of the universe
effusion	outpouring
anthology	literary collection
posthumous	after death
euphony	beautiful sound
refractory	stubborn
platitude	flat trite remark
acrophobia	fear of heights
agoraphobia	fear of openness
veracity	truthfulness
verisimilitude	similarity to truth
idiosyncracy	perculiarity
alumni	graduates
casus belli	time between rulers
interregnum	time between rulers
infraction	breaking
condign	worthy
colloguy	conversation
viable	able to live
synopsis	summary
terra firma	solid ground
sanction	authorize
Russophobe	one who fears Russia
prognosis	medical forecast
polychrome	many-colored
philanthropy	love of mankind
perspicacity	insight
mobocracy	gerontocracy
magniloquence	great eloquence
kleptomaniac	pathological thief
joie de vivre	joy of living
in loco parentis	in place of parents
mundane	worldly
synthesis	combination
unequivocal	direct
nihilism	belief in nothing
gerontocracy	government of the old
audiophile	stereo buff
entomology	insect zoology
omnifarious	of all kinds
invidious	causing envy
deduction	reasoning down from principles
induction	factual reasoning
hagiocracy	government of saints
diction	word choice
disconsolate	inconsolable
disingenuous	insincere
fractious	unruly
nondescript	of no category
prolific	productive
chronicle	a history
primeval	of the first ages
panegyric	elaborate eulogy
fidelity	faithfulness
magnum opus	great work
ante diluvian	from before the Flood
comport	behave
insurgence	uprising
expeditiously	rapidly
renovate	restore
carnage	butchery
decadent	downfallen
supercilious	scornful
inexorable	inescabable
emissary	messenger
improvident	without foresight
moribund	dying

Created by: tayloralissashields

"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries: