Stems List 18C

Stem / Meaning / Sample Words
baro / pressure
/ barometer, barograph, barometry
ferro
/ iron
/ ferrous, ferrite, ferronickel
quasi
/ somewhat
/ quasar, quasi-military, quasi-stellar
nesia
/ island
/ Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia
lepsy / attack / narcolepsy, epilepsy, catalepsy
let
/ little
/ booklet, piglet, hamlet, coverlet
Nano
/ billionth
/ nanosecond, nanoplankton, nanosomnia
pico / trillionth / picofarad, picosecond, picogram
ideo / idea / ideology, idealism, ideograph

Homework: Using your knowledge of stems, select the word that best fits in the blank. Write the letter in the margin AND circle your choice! Do not use a dictionary for this section!!!

___1. Some think that high fashion is a ______for stock market trends.

a. forehead b. booklet c. ideograph d. barometer

___2. The storm ______for the coming week was hot and humid.

a. ossicle b. forecast c. quasar d. forebode

___3. There are a thousand ______in one nanosecond.

a. picograms b. nanoseconds c. milliseconds d. picoseconds

___4. The flood of immigration stirred the ______of the citizens.

a. warmonger b. xenoliths c. xenophobia d. xenons

___5. The ______measures the rate of evaporation of water.

a. atmosphere b. atmometer c. ideogram d. cyclone

Mystery Questions. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Be sure to explain your answer and define the words in the analogies.

1.) Is a prognosis a disease?

2.) Would a magnet attract a ferrous particle?

3.) Is the Statue of Liberty a monument to xenophobia?

4.) Is September the seventh month of the year?

5.) Is an agnostic a know-it-all?

6.) hapless : luck ::

fruitless : results

motherless : orphan

bootless : useless

feckless : ineffective

7.) diagnosis : prognosis ::

sickness : health

analysis : forecast

ideology : ideologue

prediction : weather