Word Within the Word Lesson 14 Day 1

Word Within the Word Lesson 14 Day 1

stem 1 • pleo • definition: more • example: pleopod: having more than two feet

stem 2 • stem: pod • definition: foot • example: podiatrist: a foot doctor

stem 3 • stem: soror • definition: sister • example: sororicide: the killing of one’s sister • sorority

stem 4 • stem: -a • definition: plural • example: data: the plural of datum (information) • bacteria (bacterium)

stem 5 • stem: val • definition: worth • example: valid: a conclusion that is true or worthy • Valuable; value

Stem 6 • para • beside, near • Paragraph: words that go beside or near each other to form a thought • paramedic; parapro, parallel

review of stems 1 -6 • pleo: more • pleopod: more feet • soror: sister • sororcide: kill sister • -a: plural • data: plural datum • val: worth • valid: worthy • • conclusion para: beside, near paraphrase: means nearly the same pod: foot podiatrist: foot doctor

List 14 Day 2 Stems 7 -12

Stem 7 • stem: dom • definition: rule • example: dominate : exercising control or rule over; prominent

Stem 8 • Stem: erg • Definition: work • Example: energy: capacity for work or vigorous activity

stem 9 • stem: rhiz • definition: root • example: rhizoid: a rootlike extension of a fungus

stem 10 • stem: sapro • definition: rotten • example: saprophagousfeeding on decaying or rotten organic matter

stem 11 • stem: schizo • definition: divide • example: schizophreniadivided or split personality

stem 12 • stem: hippo • definition: horse • example: hippopotamus- an aquatic mammal also called a river horse

Day 2 Review • • • dom: rule example: dominate erg: work example: ergonomicsequipment design for the workplace rhiz: root example: rhizoid-a rootlike extention of a fungus • Sapro: rotten • Example: saprohagous • • feeding on rotten matter Schizo: divide Example: schizophreniadivided personalities Hippo: horse Example: hippopotamus-a river horse

List 14 Day 3 Stems 13 -18

stem 13 • stem: som • definition: body • example: chromosome- heredity material in every organism or human body

stem 14 • stem: spor • definition: seed • example: sporophyte-the seed producing phase in the life cycle of a plant

stem 15 • Stem: sta • Definition: stop • Example: stationary-not moving, stopped, not capable of being moved

stem 16 • stem: rhodo • definition: rose • example: rhododendron-an evergreen shrub with a rose colored flower

stem 17 • stem: taxis • definition: arrangement • example: syntax-the arrangement of words in a sentence • Taxidermy – arrangement of skin

stem 18 • Stem: vol • Definition: will • Example: voluntary-done or undertaken of one’s free will • volunteer

List 14 Day 4 Stems 19 -25

stem 19 • Stem: frat • Definition: brother • Example: fraternity- relating to brothers

Stem 20 • Stem: trich • Definition: hair • Example: trichosis-any disease affecting the hair

stem 21 • stem: troph • definition: nourishment • example: dystrophy- a disorder caused by inadequate nourishment

stem 22 • stem: tox • definition: poison • example: toxin- a poisonous substance

stem 23 • Stem: sect • Definition: cut • Example: bisect- to cut or divide into two parts

stem 24 • Stem: zygo • Definition: yoke • Example: zygote- the cell formed by the union of two gametes ; yoke-something that joins two things together

stem 25 • stem: zym • definition: ferment • example: zymurgy- the branch of chemistry that deals with the fermentation process

review of day 4 • frat-brother • fraternal-relating to • tox-poison • toxin-poisonous • • brothers trich-hair trichosis- disease affecting hair troph-nourishment dystrophy-disease caused by inadequate nutrition • • substance sect-cut bisect-cut into two parts zygo-yoke zygote-the cell formed by a yoke of two gametes zym-ferment zymurgy-the chemistry of fermentation