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Exploring Vocabulary Roots: Understanding Stem Meanings and Examples

Enhance your vocabulary with our focused guide on word stems and their meanings. Each stem is clearly defined, accompanied by at least two example words that illustrate its use. From "Alt-" meaning "high," with examples like "Altitude" and "Alto," to "Mort-" related to "death," featuring "Mortal" and "Immortality," discover how understanding these roots can aid in word comprehension. This systematic approach helps you build a deeper understanding of language, making you a more effective communicator.

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Exploring Vocabulary Roots: Understanding Stem Meanings and Examples

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  1. WWW List # 10 Take notes in notes notebooks Write the stem, meaning, and at least 2 example words

  2. Alt - high • Altitude • Alto • Altar

  3. Ate - cause • Domesticate • Implicate • Create

  4. Cad - fall • Cascade • Cadence • Cadaverous

  5. Capit - head • Decapitate • Capital • Recapitulate

  6. Carn - flesh • Carnivorous • Reincarnate • Incarnate

  7. Cor - heart • Courageous • Core • Concord

  8. Crypt - hidden • Cryptic • Cryptologist • Cryptogram

  9. Curs - run • Cursive • Precursor • Incursion

  10. Ess - female • Lioness • Empress • Governess

  11. Ethno – race/culture • Ethnic group • Ethnologist • Ethnography

  12. Fug - flee • Fugitive • Refugee • Centrifuge

  13. Gen - origin • Genetics • Hydrogen • Indigenous

  14. Ics - art • Politics • Economics • Graphics

  15. Iso - equal • Isothermal • Isosceles • Isometric

  16. Loqu - talk • Loquacious • Eloquent • Soliloquy

  17. Mort - death • Mortal • Immortality • Mortified

  18. Muta - change • Mutant • Mutable • Immutable

  19. Nat - born • Native • Nation • Natural

  20. Ness - quality • Softness • Politeness • Kindness

  21. Paleo - old • Paleolithic • Paleontologist • Paleography

  22. Ped - foot • Orthopedist • Pedestrian • Pedagogue

  23. Psych - soul • Psychology • Psychic • Psycopathic

  24. Sacro - holy • Sacrosanct • Sacred • Sacrifice

  25. Uni - one • Unicycle • Uniform • Universe

  26. Vert - turn • Revert • Inverted • Convert

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