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Stem Cards 11 + 12
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40
English
9th Grade
03/23/2011

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Cards

Term

 

11-1

path 

The apathetic old man nonchalantly walked away from the dying homeless child

 

Definition

(feeling)

sympathy, pathetic, pathos, telepathy, apathy

Greek

Term

11-2

The atheist spent all his life trying disprove religions

Definition

(not)

amoral, amorphous, atheist, apathy, apolitical

Greek

Term

11-3

nomy 

the economy is going down.

Definition

(law)

astronomy, economy, taxonomy, heteronomy

Greek

Term

11-4

fid 

Just have confidence in yourself and you can do all things.

Definition

(faith)

infidel, fidelity, confidence, diffident, fiduciary

Latin

Term

11-5

caco

the classroom got out of control; the students talk so much that it create a unpleasure cacophony

Definition

 (bad)

cacophony, cacography, cacology, cacodemon

Greek

Term

11-6

hetero 

People who live in MDCs mostly are heterogeneous which means they are very culturally diversed.

Definition

(different)

heterodox, heteromorphic, heterogeneous, heterosexual

Greek

Term

11-7

sci

her conscience told her to do the things she didn't want to do.

Definition

 (know)

science, conscience, prescience, omniscience, scientism

Latin

Term

11-8

graph 

The crazy fans poured down the street, trying to get his authograph.

Definition

(write)

bibliography, photograph, autograph, polygraph

Greek

Term

11-9

lat

The latitude and longtitude are used to determine definite location

Definition

 (side)

bilateral, unilateral, multilateral, collateral, latitude

Latin

Term

11-10

lith

In the neotithic age, human used rock as tools.

Definition

(rock)

neolithic, Paleolithic, lithograph, megalith, monolith

Greek

Term

11-11

tract

The attractive young men stole the heart of many ladies

Definition

 (pull)

tractor, detract, retraction, attractive, protractor, contract

Latin

Term

11-12

in

I will insane if the song doesn't stop.

Definition

(in or not)

inscribe, insane, infidel, indefinite, incorrigible, insomnia

Latin

Term

11-13

co

The companies cooperated to create the most powerful tools.

Definition

(together)

cooperate, coordinating, colloquy, coauthor, cotangent

Latin

Term

11-14

phile 

The bibliophile spent days and nights finish the book.

 

Definition

(love)

philosopher, audiophile, bibliophile, philologist, philanthropy

Greek

Term

11-15

ine 

The bovine animal scared everyone in the school because such animal could not be found here in the region.

Definition

(nature of)

porcine, crystalline, saturnine, canine, ursine, vulpine, bovine

Greek

Term

11-16

-ar

The solar eclipse darkened the sky.

Definition

 (relating to)

pulsar, stellar, lunar, solar, secular, columnar, linear, circular

Latin

Term

11-17

hexa

The clever girl used the sticks to make a hexagon.

Definition

 (six)

hexagram, hexagon, hexapod, hexameter, hexahedron, hexarchy

Greek

Term

11-18

fract 

Fraction is one of the hardest aspect of math.

Definition

(break)

fracture, infraction, fraction, refraction, refractory, fractious

Latin

Term

11-19

platy 

the platypus swims near the dam, looking for woods.

Definition

(flat)

plateau, platypus, plate, platitude, platyhelminthes

Greek

Term

11-20

theo

Monotheism is the belief of one God.

Definition

 (god)

theology, pantheism, atheism, monotheism, apotheosis

Greek

Term

12-1

fin 

The fighter made the final blow and knock out his opponent.

Definition

(end)

final, define, infinite, finial, finish, infinitive  

Latin

Term

12-2

hedron

One type of shape of a virus is icosahedral.

Definition

(sided object)

polyhedron, tetrahedron, heptahedron, octahedron

Greek

Term

12-3

ambul 

The ambulance flies across the street, trying to get to the accident.

Definition

(walk)

ambulatory, somnambulist, funambulist, ambulance, perambulate

Latin

Term

12-4

ous

What a glorious morning! The sun is shining magnificently.

Definition

(full of)

luminous, glorious, loquacious, vivacious, garrulous, zealous

Latin

Term

12-5

topo 

Toponym of a place is its name.

Definition

(place)

topographical, topology, topic, topiary, toponym, topognosia

Greek

Term

12-6

ped 

The expedition was led by the most powerful ruler of the country

Definition

(foot or child)

orthopedist, pedagogue, centipede, expedition, pedestrian

Latin

Term

12-7

mort 

All he wanted and searched for was the immotality of the gods

Definition

(death)

mortal, mortician, mortified, immortality, mortuary, moribund

Latin

Term

12-8

carn

the carnivore animal was malicious.

Definition

 (flesh)

carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnated, carnival, carnation, carnage

atin

Term

12-9

psych 

the psychologist tried to look for the reason that caused him so much troubles.

Definition

(soul)

psychology, psychic, psychopathic, psychosis, parapsychology

Greek

Term

12-10

ethno 

The ethnic group tried their best to fit in with others.

Definition

(race or culture)

ethnocentrism, ethnic group, ethnography, ethnologist

Greek

Term

12-11

gen

the indigenous tribes was forced to move out of their mother's land.

Definition

 (origin)

genetics, hydrogen, progeny, engender, gene, ingenuous, indigenous

Greek

Term

12-12

nat 

The native american was the first people who lived in the US.

Definition

(born)

prenatal, native, natural, nativity, nation, natal, perinatal

Latin

Term

12-13

paleo

People were still very dark minded in the Paleozoic Era.

 

Definition

(old)

Paleozoic, Paleolithic, paleontologist, paleography, paleoanthropic

Greek

Term

12-14

curs 

writing in cursive is one of the many things i need to work on.

Definition

(run)

cursive, discursive, incursion, precursor, cursory, cursorily, cursor

Latin

Term

12-15

crypt 

the cryptic message was finally uncovered.

Definition

(hidden)

cryptic, cryptologist, crypt, cryptogram, encrypt, cryptesthesia

Greek

Term

12-16

cad

the murderer ran away, leaving the cadaver behind.

Definition

 (fall)

cascade, cadaver, cadence, cadenza, cadaverous, decadent

Latin

Term

12-17

capit

the capital is where the president office located.

Definition

 (head)

decapitate, capital, recapitulate, capitulation, capitulum

Latin

Term

12-18

loqu 

her speaking skill was so eloquent that no one knows she just moved to the US in less than 4 years

Definition

(talk)

loquacious, circumlocution, eloquent, soliloquy, somniloquy

Latin

Term

12-19

sacro 

the sacrifice was meant to please the gods

Definition

(holy)

sacrosanct, sacred, sacrifice, sacrament, sacrilege, consecrate

Latin 

Term

12-20

uni 

I AM A HAPPY UNICORN A HAPPY HAPPY UNICORN ♥

Definition

(one)

unicycle, universe, united, union, uniform, unison, unique

Latin

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