Word Stem List #8

AP Lang - Kroll

tropo

• heliotrope, troposphere, tropism, trophy, phototropism, apogeotropism

turn

gastro

• gastronomy, gastroscope, gastropod, gastroenteritis, hypogastric, gastrolith

stomach

arthro

• arthritis, arthropod, arthralgia, arthrospore, arthroscopic

joint

ventri

• ventriloquist, ventral, ventricle, dorsoventral, ventriculus

belly

dors

• dorsal, dorsoventral, dorsum, dorsal fin, dorsiventral

back

macro

• macrobiotic, macrocephalic, macrocosm, macron, macroscopic

large

dextro

• dextrose, dextral, dexterity, dexterous, dextrorotation

right or clockwise

brachy

• brachycephalic, brachypterous, brachycranic, brachyology, brachiosaur

short

brachio

• brachiopod, brachiation, brachiate, brachium

arm

branchio

• branchiopod, branchiate, branchia

gills

kin

• kinetic, kinescope, hypokinesia, hyperkinetic, telekinesis, cinema

motion

phylo

• phylum, phylogeny, phyla, phylogenesis, subphylum

kind

blasto

• blastocyst, blastogenesis, erythroblast

embryo

dactyl

• pterodactyl, dactylic, dactylology, dactylography

finger

phos

• phosphorus, phosphine, phosphoroscope, phosphoresce

light

gon

• pentagon, tetragon, decagon, hexagonal, diagonal, orthogonal

anngle

lite

• anthracite, perlite, cryolite, stalactite, halite, coprolite

mineral or fossil

vore

• omnivore, herbivore, carnivore, voracious, devour, fructivorous

eating

holo

• holocaust, hologram, holometabolous, holograph, holophrastic, holistic

whole

haplo

• haploid, haplopia, haplosis, haplology

single or simple

opia

• myopia, hyperopia, hemeralopia, synopsis, diplopia, biopsy

sight

lent

• corpulent, virulent, turbulent, excellent, succulent, insolent, indolent

full of

ef

• effusive, effulgent, efflux, efficacy, effeminate, effluvium, effluent

out

ium

• radium, sodium, uranium, germanium, iridium, einsteinium

an element

dicho

• dichotomy, dichotomize, dichogamous, dichotomist

in two parts

Anglo

• Anglophile, Anglophobe, Alglican,  Anglicism, Anglo-Saxon

English

ist

• artist, funambulist, anthropologist, solipsist, centriat, atheist, sophist

one who

saur

• dinosaur, pterosaur. Tyrannosaurus, stegosaurus, saurian, plesiosaur

lizard

pithec

• pithecanthropus, Australopithecus, dryopithecus, oreopithecus

ape

calli

• calligraphy, calliope, calisthenics, calliopsis, callithumpian

beautiful

austro

• australopithecus, Australia, austral, Austronesia, austromancy, aurora australis

south

cephalo

• cephalic, cephalopod, cephalothorax, microcephalic, encephalitis

head

chiro

• chiromancy, chiropody, chiropteran, chiropractor

hand

caust

• caustic, holocaust, cauterize, caustically, causticity

burn

terr

• extraterrestrial, subterranean, Mediterranean, terrain, terra firma

land

cata

• catapult, catastrophe, catacombs, catalepsy, cataclysm, cataract

down

jur

• abjure, adjure, perjure, jury, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, jurist

swear

flu

• confluence, fluid, influence, fluent, superfluous, effluent, fluvial

flow

here

• coherence, adhesive, adhere, inherent, incoherent

stick

pos

• position, deposit, superimpose, transpose, depose, imposition

put

mund

• mundane, transmundane, intermundane, mundanity, mundo

world

cracy

• autocracy, democracy, aristocracy, plutocracy, meritocracy

government

mania

• kleptomania, egomania, pyromania, dipsomania, megalomania

madness

ize

• victimize, harmonize, temporize, mobilize, fossilize, polarize, bowdlerize

make

antho

• anthology, anthozoan, anthocyanin, anthophilous, anther

flower

algia

• neuralgia, analgesic, arthralgia, hemialgia, algometer, algophobia

pain

somn

• insomnia, somniferous, somnolent, somnambulate, somniloquy

sleep

quadr

• quadruped, quadratic, quadrant, quadruplet, quadrilateral, quadriplegic

four

err

• error, erratic, Knight-errant, erroneous, erratum

wander

sine

• sinecure, sine qua non, sine die, sine prole

without