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Greek and Latin Stems List 5
from Michael Clay Thompson's The Word Within the Word
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8th Grade
10/17/2013
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Term

vita

(VITAmin)

 Definition
life
Term

demo

(DEMOgraphic)

 Definition
people
Term

stereo

(STEREOscope)

 Definition
solid
Term

ism

(capitalISM)

 Definition
doctrine
Term

cogn

(COGNition)

 Definition
know
Term

sur

(SURplus)

 Definition
over
Term

alter

(ALTER ego)

 Definition
other
Term

astr/aster

(ASTERoid)

 Definition
star
Term

dyna

(DYNAmite)

 Definition
power
Term

chron

(CHRONology)

 Definition
time
Term

hyper

(HYPERactive)

 Definition
over
Term

luna

(LUNAtic)

 Definition
moon
Term

octa/oct

(OCTAve)

 Definition
eight
Term

gyro/gyra

(GYROscope)

 Definition
turn
Term

contra

(CONTRAdict)

 Definition
against
Term

geo

(GEOgraphy)

 Definition
earth
Term

helio

(HELIOs)

 Definition
sun
Term

thermo/therma

(hypoTHERMic)

*Note-It's not temperature!

 Definition
heat
Term

tetra

(TETRis)

*Note-the a is often dropped

 Definition
four
Term

meter

(thermoMETER)

 Definition
measure
Term

scope

(teleSCOPE)

 Definition
look
Term

son

(SONar)

 Definition
sound
Term

dec

(DECade)

 

*deci/deca

 Definition
ten
Term

stell

(STELLar)

 Definition
star
Term

amat

(AMATeur)

*Note-often is ami or amo

 Definition
love
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