Word Within the Word: Stem List 14 Name ________________________________ Test date __________________________ Date begun _______________ Assignments due ______________________ Stem Meaning Words Origin pleo more pleomorphic, pleopod, pleophagous Greek pod foot pseudopod, arthropod, cephalopod, podiatrist Greek soror sister sorority, sorosis, sororal, sororities Latin -a plural data, phenomena, bacteria, trivia, phyla Greek val worth valiant, valid, equivalent, devaluate, evaluate, ambivalent Latin para beside, near parable, parapsychology, parabola, paradigm, paradox, paraphrase Greek dom rule dominate, predominant, dominion, domineering, domain, subdominant Latin erg work energy, ergonomics, synergy Greek rhiz root rhizoid, rhizome Greek sapro rotten saprophytic, saprophyte, saprogenic Greek schizo divide schizophrenia, schism, schizoid Greek hippo horse hippopotamus, hippodrome, hippogriff Greek som body somatic, chromosome, lysosome, psychosomatic, somatology Greek spor seed endospore, macrospore, sporangia, Sporozoa Greek Stem Meaning Words Origin sta stop hemostat, stasis, station, stationary, status quo, apostasy, static Latin rhodo rose rhododendron, Rhode Island, rhodolite Greek taxis arrangement syntax, taxidermy, taxonomy, ataxia Greek vol will volunteer, malevolent, benevolent, volition, involuntary Latin frat brother fraternity, fraternal, fraternize Latin trich hair trichina, trichinosis , trichocysts Greek troph nourishment autotroph, atrophy, dystrophy, tropism Greek tox poison toxin, nontoxic, antitoxin, detoxification, toxicity Greek sect cut dissect, intersection, vivisection, bisect, section, sectarian, sector Latin zygo yoke zygote, zygospore Greek zym ferment enzyme, zymology, zymogenesis Greek Word Within the Word Assignments Unit 14 Name _____________________ Date Begun ___________ Due Date ______________________________ 1. Complete a word web for one word in the unit. 2. Choose one word from the unit list. Prepare to share the meaning of the word with the class. You may draw a picture, make a chart, prepare a short skit, write a rhyme or riddle that would give clues to the word, or any other idea you may have. What you may NOT do is stand up and say “The word I chose is....and it means.....”. Be creative! You may not say the word or any form of the word or its meaning as part of your presentation. 3. Choose any 3 of the following activities: A. Analyze the idea inherent is this fact: Plants are autotrophic. B. If a country had to choose between becom ing a plutocracy and becom ing a ergatocracy, which would be the m ost intelligent choice? C. If you were a taxiderm ist, what anim al would you enjoy working on? W hat anim al would you dread working on? D. Explain the logic of the nam es arthropod, cephalopod, and gastropod. E. Analyze the idea inherent in this fact: Atrophy shrinks lim bs. F. W hat is the relationship between the words bisect and dissect? W hat are two m ore words with the sam e relationship? G. W hat is the relationship between the words am bivalent and am biguous? W hat are two m ore words with the sam e relationship? H. W hat is the precise m eaning of the word paradox? Describe a situation that could be called a paradox. I. How would you explain the pronunciation of the word paradigm to som eone else? J. In the operating room , why would a surgeon ask for a hem ostat? K. W hat is the difference between som atic and psychological? 4. The activities I will complete are: _____ _____ _____ 5. Complete the activities above on lined paper, writing legibly, or type and print each activity.
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