Word Stems List #2

Coronado Elementary School

Monarchy – Government run by a single authority or person.

Anarchy – Society without law or government

Hierarchy – System of person or things ranked oneabove another.

archy - government

ard - alwaysCoward – always lacking courage.

Laggard – always responding or moving slowly

Dullard – an dumb, insensitive person, dimwit

cide - killHerbicide –a substance used to kill

plantsespecially weeds.

Homicide – killing of one person to another.

fratricide – a person who kills his / herbrother

Suicide – to kill one’s self.

ician - specialistMusician – A person skilled in music esp. a performer

Politician – A person who holds a political office; statesman

Beautician – A person trained to style hair; hairdresser

Physician – A doctor of medicine

Arthritis – chronic inflammation of the joints

Tonsillitis – swelling of the tonsils

Appendicitis – swelling of the appendix

Itis – inflammation

Aquarium – glass tank or bowl where water creatures like fish and plants live

Aquatic – living or growing in water.

Aqueduct – structure that carries water a distance usually through set of canals.

aqua - water

audi – hear audience – group of spectators at a public event who listen and/or view the event.

audition – a reading of a simplified rendering of theatrical work.

Audiometer – instrument that measures a person’s hearing

Rebel – to resist authority, control or tradition.

Bellicose – eager to fight; hostile

Belligerent Warlike; pertaining

to war

bell - war

cap - take Captivity – state of being

held, imprisoned or confined.

Capture – to take by force; to seize

Captivate – to attract & hold someone’s attention or interest.

Captor = a person who has captured a person or thing

Incision – cutting into especially during surgery.

Incisors – teeth used for cutting.

concise – to get to the point; brief.Cut out what is unnecessary.

cise - cut

Biography – written account about a person’s life.

Biology – the study or science of life

Biochemistry Science dealing w/ the

chemistry of living matter.

Biogenesis – producing living organisms from other living organisms.

bio - life

auto - selfautobiography – a person who writes about his / her life story.

autograph – a person who writes his / her own name.

Automobile –car (literally – self mobile)

automatic –having capability of starting, moving or operating on its own.

Porter –person hired to carry burdens or baggage.

transport – to carry or move from one place to another

Import – to bring in from one country (goods, people, etc.) to another.

deport – to send or carry off; to banish

carry - port

scrib - writeScribble –to cover w/ meaningless writing or marks.

inscribe – to mark w/ words, characters, etc.,especially in a durable way; to engrave

describe – to tell or depict in written or spoken words.

transcribe – to make an exact copy of a document, text.

Geology-science that deals w/ physical history of the earth.

Anthropology – science of humans and their works.

Entomology – the science of studying insects.

Mythology – the science of myths – stories that deal w/ set of beliefs and traditions.

Logy - science

Dictation – writing words that spoken by another person.

dictionary – book containing selection of wordsgiving meanings, pronunciation, etc.

Contradict – to speak or to assert the opposite of another

predict – to declare or tell in advance.

Dict = say

Cred - believeCredit – source of pride; trustworthiness

incredible- hard to believe; soextraordinary as to seem

impossible

credible- believable

Incredulous –skeptical; showing disbelief.

Cent - one hundredCentury – one hundred years

Bicentennial – pertaining to or in honor of a 200th anniversary

Centimeter – one hundredth of a meter

Centipede – anthropod with 100 legs

Neophyte – a beginner or a novice

Neon – odorless gas; bright; luminous;

(called – neon b/c new gas)

neonatal- pertaining to newborn children

Neo - new

Adhesive – substance that sticks or clings to

Addition – act of adding two or more numbers into a sum; uniting

Addict – to cause to become dependent on a substance

Advocate – to speak or write in favor of

Ad - to

Recede – to go away; to retreat

Proceed – to move or go onward; to continue

Secede- to withdraw formally from an organization

Concede – to acknowledge as true or just

Cede - go

Dismiss- to disperse or send away

remiss – careless; slow in performing one’s business

Missile- object or weapon for throwing, hurling orshooting like a stone, bullet, etc.

missionary – person sent by church intoan area to carry one evangelical work

Miss - send

Centripetal –directed toward the center

Centrifugal- moving from the center to the outside

decentralize – to disperse from an area of concentration

eccentric – odd; not having the same center

Centri - center

Biblio - bookBibliography – list of sources including books consulted in the preparation of a work / paper.

bibliophile - person who loves or collects books.

bibliophobia – person who hates or fears books

Anthropology –science that deals with the social customs and beliefs of mankind.

Anthropoid – resembling humans

misanthrope – a hater of humankind

Anthropo - man