Study Guide for Word Stem Test 3

Give the answer and explain:

The English language contains many homonyms. Can you name some?
Do a pendant and a necklace have anything in common?
Do homologous structures have dissimilar constructions?
Is a dependent person self-sufficient?

What do these words mean:

con / duct
in / spect
de / pend
homo / nym
aqua / fer

Answer the following:

10.Is a pantheon one god or a group of gods?

11. When you hydroplane, are you sliding on pavement?

12. Does a photometer measure sound?

13. Is a micron a measurement of something extremely large?

What do these words mean?

14. PENTAthlon

15. MICROscopic

16. HYDROponics

17. PHOTOgraph

18. PANdemic

Use the word stems to answer the following questions. Then explain how the word stem helps determine the meaning of the word.

19. Is polygamy marriage to more than one person?

20. If a culprit is exculpated, is he out of trouble?

21. Is a weak, indecisive person omnipotent?

Use context clue and word stem meanings to determine the definitions of the bolded words in the following sentences.

22. The strange boy could move distant objects by telekinesis.

23. The kids played video games for hours.

24. The all-consuming furry muncher had an omnivorous appetite.

25. The surgeon was able to excise the tissue with a scalpel.

26. Johann Sebastian Bach composed polyphonic music.

Define the bolded words by using their word stem meanings:

27. His new novel was carefully reviewed by the literary critic.

28. The crash victims suffered hypothermia on the frozen tundra.

29. The amoeba uses its pseudopods to move across the surface.

30. The brain is said to contain more than 100 billion neurons.

31. The clown received an emergency appendectomy in the medical tent.

What do the bolded words mean? Use the meaning of their stems to help you decide.

32. Iron ore is called hematite because of its deep red color.

33. Single-celled animals are known as protozoa.

34. Musicians play together in a symphony.

35. The German prince peered through his gold-rimmed monocular.

36. Laws against vivisection prevent cruelty to animals.

Define the following word stems.

HOMOphone ______BELLicose______

inSPECt______inCREDulous______

DUCTile ______AUTOmobile______

FERry______MISSile______

imPENDing ______AQUAplane______

MICROscopic ______musICIAN______

HYDROsphere ______laggARD______

PHOTOn ______BIBLIOlatry______

PANorama ______ANTHROpoid______

PENTAthlon ______CENTipede______

TELEphone ______anARCHY______

VIDeo ______NEOphyte______

OMNIvorous ______CONfidence______

EXobiology ______DEscend______

POLYglot ______CIRCUMspect______

REpeat ______SYNchronize______

HYPOtenuse ______UNfit______

PSEUDOnym ______EQUitable______

NEUROsis ______BInary______

dichoTOMY ______ANTIbody______

HEMAtologist ______TRIad______

PROTOn ______POSTerity______

PHONetics ______ANTEdate______

MONOgamous ______SUPERb______

VIVacious ______DISperse______