14A Stems

ORANGE

PLEO

• Pleonasm - the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaningmore

POD

• Podiatrist – a foot doctor

foot

SOROR

• Sorority - a club of women especially at a college

sister

-A

• Bacteria – plural of bacterium

What STEM is a synonym for –A?

Data - facts about something that can be used in calculating, reasoning, or planning

plural

VAL

• Value - the amount of money something is worth

worth

PARA

• Paraphrase – a way of saying something again by using different words

Instead of “shut up”, what is something much nicer to say?

Paragraph – a short written article (as in a newspaper) complete in one section

beside, near

DOM

• Dominate - to have a commanding position or controlling power over

Dominant - exhibiting genetic dominance

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/inheritance/activities/pdfs/Inherited%20Human%20Traits%20Quick%20Reference_Public.pdf

rule

ERG

• Energy - the capacity for doing work

Synergy – working together

What STEM is a synonym for ERG?

work

RHIZ

• Rhizoid - a structure that functions like a root in support or absorptionroot

SAPRO

• Saprophyte - a living thing that lives on dead or decaying plants rotten

SCHIZO

• Schizophrenia – affects how a person thinks and causes a divide/separation from reality

divide

HIPPO

• Hippopotamus – (river horse) a very large mammal of Africa that spends most of its time in the water

horse