Stems List 1- for the test, be able to spell at least one sample word. You may use another sample word as long as it has the stem.
Stem-----Meaning-----Sample Word
1.able / ible-----able to be----variable, compatible
2.auto-----self-----autograph, autobiography
3.bio-----life-----biology
4.com-----together-----community
5. con-----together-----conjunction
Stems List 2
Stem-----Meaning-----Sample Word
ethno-----race or culture-----ethnocentric
fy-----make-----dignify
graph-----write-----autograph
ity-----state of-----clarity
lumen-----light-----lumenal
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Stem-list 3 |
Meaning |
Sample Words |
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1. magna |
Great |
Magnify, magnificent |
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2. miss/mitt |
Send |
Missionary, mission, Missile, transmit, |
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3. mov/mot/mob |
Move |
Moving, motor, mobile |
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4. multi |
Many |
Multiple, multiplication, multiply |
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5. phon |
Sound |
Telephone, phonics, Symphony |
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6. photo |
Light |
Photograph, photosynthesis, photogenic |
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7. port |
Carry |
Portable, transport, porter |
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8. reg |
Rule |
Regulate, regular, regiment |
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9. scrib |
Write |
Scribble, scribe, transcribe |
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10. sub |
Under |
Submarine, subordinate, subject |
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11. tele |
Far |
Telephone, teleport, Telescope |
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12. tend/tens/tenu |
To hold |
Intend, tenant, tenacious, tendon |
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13. thermo |
Heat |
Thermometer, thermos, |
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14. vid/vis |
Look |
Video, visual, vision |
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15. viv/vict |
Life |
Vivid, evidence |