Word Within the Word Stems List 15

Do you know these words?

Stem Stem Definition Examples
tropo turn heliotrope, troposphere, trophy

gastro stomach gastronomy, gastropod, gastroscope

arthro joint arthritis, arthropod, arthroscopic

dors back dorsal, dorsoventral, dorsum, dorsal fin

macro large macrobiotic, macrocosm, macron, macroscopic

dextro right or clockwise dextrose, dextral, dexterity, dexterous

brachy short brachycephalic, brachypterous

brachio arm brachiopod, brachiation, brachiate

branchio gills branchiopod, branchiate, branchia

kin motion kinetic, kinescope, hyperkinetic

phylo kind phylum, phylogeny, phyla, phylogenesis

blasto embryo blastocyst, blastogenesis

dactylo finger pterodactyl, dactylology, dactylic

phos light phosphorus, phosphene, phosphororscope

gon angle pentagon, tetragon, decagon, hexagonal, diagonal

lite mineral or fossil anthracite, perlite, cryolite, stalactite, halite

vore eating omnivore, herbivore, carnivore, voracious, devour

holo whole Holocaust, hologram, holograph, holistic

haplo single or simple haploid, haplopia, haplosis

opia sight myopia, hyperopia, synopsis, biopsy

lent full of corpulent, virtulent, turbulent, excellent, indolent

ef out effusive, effulgent, efflux, efficacy

ium an element radium, sodium, uranium, germanium

dicho in two parts dichotomy, dichotomize, dichotomist

ventri belly ventricle, ventriloquist, ventral

Context Clues. Using your knowledge of stems, select the word that best fits in the blank. Write the word on the blank
line AND circle your choice! Do not use a dictionary for this section!!!
___1. In time warm bread lost its _________, and became hard as a stone.
a. synopsis b. succulence c. dichotomy d. virulence

___2. The spoiled child of life thought his weak tears in some way __________________.
a. efficacious b. diagonal c. voracious d. dichotomous

___3. There was a soft __________ in the east.

a. arthralgia b. Holocaust c. turbulence d. effulgence

___4. I never met people more __________ or more easily fatigued.

a. indolent b. omnivorous c. effusive d. dexterous

___5. I perused, for the first time, those poets whose ___________ entranced my soul.
a. effusions b. effluvia c. heliotropes d. macrocosms

Mystery Questions. Answer the following questions in complete sentences

Be sure to explain your answer and define the words in the analogies.

1.) Is a cold, unfriendly greeting effusive?

2.) Is a dactylogram a fingerprint?

3.) Is a hypokinetic person extremely overactive?

4.) Is a synopsis a summary?

5.) Is double vision haplopia or diplopia?

6.) macrocosm : telecsope ::

microcosm : microscope
microscope : telescope
television : film
gastroscope : gastropod

7.) fructivorous : geophagous::

herbivorous : plant
chloroplast : chlorophyll
apple : dirt
eat : hunger