Unit 1A Stems List

Ante

anteroom

before

The anteroom at the front of the school comes beforethe office.

anti

antibacterial

against

Antibacterial cleaners work against germs and makesurfaces more sanitary.

bi

bicycle

two

A bicycle has two wheelsunless training wheels are needed.

circum

circumnavigate

around

The teacher looked around theclassroom and circumnavigated while the students worked on their e-mini’s.

com

combine

together

Red combined with blue makes the colorpurple.

con

conjunction

together

Two sentences are joined Example:together by a conjunction such as Mrs. Boone and Mrs. Steele

and, or , or but . love vegetables, but Mr. Cline

does not care for most of them.

de

descend

down

Rain descends fromthe clouds and depositswater down into the Earth’scrust.

dis

dismiss

away

The teacher dismissed thestudents away from the classroom and to thecar line and buses.