Word Stem List #9

AP Lang

lingu

• bilingual, linguist, lingua farnca, linguini, language

tongue

mot

• motor, motivation, demote, emotion, motion, promote, motile, commotion

move

nav

• navy, naval, navigate, circumnavigate, unnavigable

ship

und

• inundate, undulate, undulatory, undulation

wave

flect

• reflect, inflection, genuflect, deflect, reflection

bend

coron

• corona, coronation, coronary, coroner

crown

aur

• aura, auriferous, Aurora, auric

gold

liter

• literature, illiterate, preliterate, literati

letter

rat

• rational, ratio, irrational, ratiocinate, rationalize, irate

think

sis

• arteriosclerosis, osmosis, mitosis, meiosis, catharsis, symbiosis

condtion

par

• parity, disparity, par, compare, incomparable, disparate

equal

mens

• commensurate, immense, incommensurable, mensurable, dimension

measure

mony

• acrimony, harmony, matrimony, ceremony, simony, parsimony

condition

quin

• quintet, quintillion, quintuplet, quintuple, quintessence, quindecagon

five

socio

• sociology sociable, socialism, sociopath, dissociate

society

ovi

• oviducts, oviparous, ovipositors, ovoviviparous, ovisac, oviform, ovary, oval

egg

phasia

• aphasia, dysphasia, apophasis

speech

pter

• pterodactyl, helicopter, pterosaur, archaeopteryx, chiropteran

wing

phen

• phenomenon, phenotype, phenol, phenyl, sphene

appearance

hist

• histopathology, histolysis, histology, histogenesis

tissue

glott

• epiglottis, polyglot, glossolalia, glottal, monoglot, glossectomy

tongue

phan

• phantom, epiphany, diaphanous, sycophant, cellophane, theophany

appearance

peri

• perimeter, perihelion, perigee, periphery, periodical

near or around

pot

• potable, potion, potation, potatory, compote, symposium

drink

via

• via, viaduct, trivia, via avion, obviate, obvious, via media

road

atmo

• atmosphere, atmolysis, atmometer, atmospheric, atman

vapor

cardio

• cardiology, cardiovascular, cardiac, electrocardiogram

heart

cosmo

• cosmos, cosmopolitan, cosmonaut, cosmology, microcosm

world or universe

counter

• counteract, counterproductive, counterpoint, counter insurgence

against

cranio

• craniology, intracranial, craniotomy, cranium, dolichocranic

skull

cyclo

• cyclone, cyclotron, bicycle, encyclopedia, recycle, cyclical

circle

gno

• agnostic, prognosis, gnostic, Gnosticism, diagnosis, topognosia, ignominy

know

oss

• ossify, ossuary, ossicle, osseous, ossiferous, ossein, ossification

bone

xylo

• xylophone, xylograph, xyloid, xylophagous, xylose, xylotomy, xylem

wood

monger

• fishmonger, warmonger, costermonger, ballad monger, phrasemonger

seller

sept

• septangular, September, septuagenarian, septillion, Septuagint

seven

xeno

• xenophobia, xenolith, xenon, xenogenesis, xenodiagnoses

stranger

vas

• vasoconstrictor, cardiovascular, vase, vesicle, vascular, vasectomy

vessel

fore

• forehead, foreboding, forecast, forethought, foresail, forefront

front

ish

• greenish, smallish, outlandish, snobbish, ghoulish, squeamish, mannish

like

less

• fruitless, hopeless, motherless. Bootless, pointless, hapless, feckless

without

baro

• barometer, barograph, barometric, barogram, barometry

pressure

ferro

• ferronickel, ferromagnetic, ferrous, ferric, ferrite, ferroconcrete

iron

quasi

• quasar, quasi-military, quasi-stellar, quasi-official, quasi-judicial

somewhat

nesia

• Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Austronesia

island

lepsy

• narcolepsy, epilepsy, catalepsy

attack

let

• booklet, piglet, aglet, hamlet, coverlet, omlet

little

nano

• nanosecond, nanoplankton, nanosomia, nanogram

billionth

pico

• picofarad, picosecond, pictogram

trillionth

ideo

• ideograph, ideology, ideologue, ideogram, ide fixe, idealism

idea