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Stem Lists 1-12
Stem List 1-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a, an, in | not, without |
| ant, anti, contra, contro | against, opposite |
| bio, vit | life |
| (o)logy | study or science of |
| psych(o) | mind, spirit |
| phil, philo, phile | to love, lover of |
| act | to do, driven to do |
| hyper, super, sur | over, above |
| hypo, sub | under, below |
| mono, uni | one |
| poly | many |
| auto | self |
| graph, gram, scrib | to write |
| tele | from afar |
| vis | to see |
| andr(o), anthrop | male, mankind |
| patr, pater | father |
| matr, mater | mother |
| ped | child |
| dem(o) | people |
| ion, tion, ism, y | act of/state of |
| arthr | joint |
| bronch(o) | windpipe |
| cardi(o), cor | heart |
| cephal, cap | head, brain |
| manu | hand |
| pod(o), ped | foot |
| opt(o) | eye, sight |
| corp | body |
| hem | blood |
| bi, di, du | two |
| tri | three |
| tetra, quadr | four |
| penta, quint | five |
| dec | ten |
| hecto, cent | hundred |
| kilo, mill | thousand |
| semi, hemi | half, part |
| cycl, orb, sphere | round, circle |
| prim(o), proto | first |
| (k)chrono, temp | time |
| aqua, hydr(o) | water |
| astr(o), stell | star |
| geo, terr | earth, land |
| cosm(o) | universe |
| heli(o) | sun |
| naut | to sail |
| phon(o) | sound |
| phobia | fear of |
| ible, able | able to be |
| macro | big |
| micro, mini | small, little |
| serpent | snake |
| can | dog |
| fel | cat |
| pisc | fish |
| equ | horse |
| foli | leaf |
| zoo | animal |
| entom | insect |
| bene. bon | good |
| bibli(o), libre | book |
| co, con, com, syn, sym | with, together |
| meter | to measure |
| fore, pre | before |
| frac, frag | to break |
| derm(a) | skin |
| therm(o) | heat |
| port | to carry |
| trans | across |
| re | back, again |
| jet, ject | to throw |
| morph | change |
| ium | chemical element |
| mob, mot, mov | to move |
| dict, log | to speak, speech |
| photo, lum | light |
| meso | middle |
| miss, mitt | to send |
| neo, nov | new |
| (k)chrom(o) | color |
| flam, pryo, igni | fire |
| scop, spec,spic | to look |
| dis | not, reverse of, apart, away |
| flu | to flow |
| flect, flex | to bend |
| circum, peri | around |
| fore, pre | before, preceding |
| frac, frag | to break |
| struct | to build |
| mal | bad |
| vor | to eat |
| viv | to live |
| ambul | walk |
| use, uti | to use |
| vac, void | to be empty |
| tox | poison |
| urb | city |
| aero | atmosphere, air, aviation |
| cit, civ | citizen |
| non, un, im | not |
| retro | back, backward |
| alter | change |
| intra | inward, within |
| dis, diff | not, opposite of |
| ex | out, away |
| endo | within, inside, inner |
| inter | between, among |
| join, junct | to join |
| post | after |
| lev | to lift, raise |
| mech | machine |
| meg(a) | large, powerful |
| noct | night |
| ideo | idea |
| pan | all |
| juv | young |
| vert, rota | to turn |
| sol | alone |
| techn | art, craft skill |