8th Grade Latin Stems List #36

a priori (pre)

from theory (before)

a posteriori (post)

from observation (after)

parthenogenesis (gen) (partheno)

unfertilized birth (origin)

assonance (son)

vowel repetition (sound)

objurgation (jur) (ob)

rebuke (swear) (against)

demotic (demo)

of the common people (people)

soporific (sopor)

sleep-inducing (sleep)

internecine (nec) (inter)

mutually destructive (kill) (between)

sesquipedalian (ped) (sesqui)

very long (words) (foot) (one and a half)

sui generis (sui)

unique (self)

plutocracy (cracy) (pluto)

government of wealthy (government) (wealthy)

delineate (lin)

to outline (line)

dichotomy (tomy) (dicho)

two-part division (cut) (in two parts)

epiphany (phan)

revelation (appearance)

tortuous (tort)

twisting (twist)