AP Lit Stem List 32

Definition: under
Word: hypothecate (pledge as security)

hypo

Definition: opinion
Word: heterodox (unorthodox)

dox

Definition: think
Word: putative (thought-to-be)

put

Definition: large
Word: megaton (force of a million tons of dynamite)

mega

Definition: other
Word: altercation (heated dispute)

alter

Definition: against
Word: contravene (go against)

contra

Definition: together
Word: confluence (a flowing together)

con

Definition: around
Word: circumlocute (to talk in circles)

circum

Definition: alone
Word: soliloquy (speech to oneself)

sol

Definition: make
Word: mollify (make soft)

fy

Definition: full of
Word: gregarious (sociable)

ous

Definition: different
Word: heterodox (unorthodox)

hetero

Definition: father
Word: paterfamilias (male head of family)

pater

Definition: true
Word: aver

ver

Definition: blood
Word: sangfroid (cold-blooded composure)

sangui

Definition: I
Word: alter ego (second self)

ego

Definition: come
Word: contravene (go against)

ven

Definition: flow
Word: confluence (a flowing together)

flu

Definition: talk
Word: circumlocution (talking in circles)

loqu

Definition: soft
Word: mollify (make soft)

moll

Definition: group
Word: gregarious (sociable)

greg

Definition: act or state
Word: altercation (heated dispute)

tion