Stems List #1

Coronado Elementary School6th Grade

2014 - 2015

ANTE means BEFORE

• Antedate means to date “before”• This brick phone antedates the

iPhone.

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Anterior means come “before” in time

What do you think antenuptial means? (Hint: nuptial means to get married.)

How did Lady Antebellum get

their name?

ANTI means AGAINSTAntithesis means “against” the thesis (a statement in support of something)

Have you ever had plans that you were so excited about? And, then the night turned out to be a complete let down. That’s anticlimactic.

Antibiotics – If you are sick, you might takeantibiotics to get better.

BI means TWO

• Bicycle Binary Biped• A bicycle has two wheels.• A binary code uses two

numbers • A biped is an animal with

two feet.

What do you think biannual means? What do you think bicolor means?

CIRCUM means AROUND

• Circumnavigate means to go around something• Circumvent means to find a way around. • This traffic is something you would want to

circumnavigate!

What do you think circumscribe means?

COM means TOGETHERComfort means to ease someone grief, to soothe or console

What do you thing compress means?

Complete means having all necessaryparts, like this puzzle as soon as all the parts come together, it is complete.

CON means TOGETHERA contact is when two or more people enter into an agreement together.

A confederate is a person who joins with other to carry out a plan.

What do you think conjoin means?

DE means DOWN• Denounce means to speak out against• Deduct means to make a subtraction• If you are asked to leave money (or a

deposit) on a house what does that mean?

Demolish means to destroy completely or bring down.

When you write a checkYou need to deduct the

amount from your balance. It brings down your balance.

DIS means AWAY

• Dismiss means to end ones encounter with someone. When I dismiss you from my class, I send you away. Distort means to make false as in the message of a story, to go away from the truth.

• Distract means to draw someone’s attention away from something.

When I dismiss you from my class, I send you away.

EQUI means EQUAL

And equilateral triangle is equal on

all 3 sides.

Equitable means fair to all.

Equilibrium means when something is equally distributed.

EXTRA means BEYOND

• Extraordinary means beyond what is ordinary.

Ordinary

Extraordinary & Extravagant

• Extravagant means wasteful or reckless (beyond what is necessary)

What do you think extracurricular activities would include?

INTER means BETWEEN

• International means from or between two countries.

• Interjection means to interrupt.

• An interlude is brief show performed between the sections of another performance.

INTRA means WITHIN• Intrastate means within the states

boundaries.

• Intravenous means an by vein or within the vein.

• Intracranial means __________ (Cranial means skull)

• A lot of companies have an INTRAnet. This is different from the INTERnet. What do you think an intranet is?

INTRO means INTO

• Introduce means to bring someone new into an environment.

Introvert means to shy away from social contact and stay with in your own thoughts.

What do you think introjectmeans?

MAL means BAD• Malevolent means to wish evil on others.

• Malicious behavior arises from intense ill will (hate).

• What do you think malnourished means?• Have you ever heard anyone say that’s

malarkey? What do you think that means?

Mr. Despicable wasa malevolent man.

MIS means BAD• Misfit is someone who can’t adapt to

their circumstances ( a bad fit)

• Mistake means to have bad judgment.

Misfortune means unnecessary or

unforeseen trouble.

What do you think misadvise?

NON means NOT• Nonstop means without a stop.• Nonprofit means established for a

purpose other than making a profit (money).

• Nonconformity means failure to conform or be like everyone else.What do you think nonacid

means? Some medicine is

considered nonaddictive, what does

that mean?

POST means AFTER

• Postgraduate is something you do after you graduate.

• Postscript means information that is added after something is completed. (an added paragraph to a letter)

• What do you think postdate means?

PRE means BEFORE• Prelude is something that comes before an

event. (a band that opens for another band)• Premature means before the normal time

has passed. (A baby that is born before 40 weeks of pregnancy is considered premature)

What do you think a prenuptial agreement is? (Remember:nuptial means marriage)

SEMI means HALF

• Semitone means a pitch interval half way between two tones.

What do you think semiannual means?What do you think semipro means?

Semicircle

SUB means UNDER• Subordinate means a person of lower

rank. (I am my bosses subordinate) • Submission means to give control to

another or give in to their wishes. • (Under their control)

Submerge

Submarine

Super means OVERSupervisor means to watch (over) or keep tabs on.

Superior means of higher rank or importance. Dr. Wong is my superior. The superintendent is her superior.

Superb means more than excellent.

SYN means TOGETHER• Syndicate means a group of

individuals making a joint effort to undertake some specific task.

• Syndrome means a patternof symptoms groups together indicate a specific illness or disease.

• Synchronize means happening at the same time.What sport is this?

SYM means TOGETHER

• Sympathy means sharing others feelings • Symbiotic means organisms that live

together. • Symmetry means balance among

the parts of something.

We know what groups these symbols represent.

TRI means THREE

Tricycle means a vehicle with three wheels

Triangular is something with

three angles.What do you think tripod means?

UN means NOTUnfit means unsuitable or not in good

condition for something.

• Unequal means something is poorly balanced or not equal.

What do you think misalign means?