Friday, May 8, 2009

Common Stems

Stems                        Meaning                        Examples

-audi-                        hearing                        auditorium

-bio-                           life                                biology

-cap-                         chief, head                      capital

-cede-                       go, move                        intercede

-corp-                         body                               corporation

-dorm-                       sleep                                    dormitory

-dict-                         speak                                    dictation

-duc-, -duct-              lead, bring                        introduce

-fact-                         make,do                        factory

-manu-            hand                                    manuscript

-graph-            write, draw                        autograph

-ject-                        throw                                    project

-ling-                        language                        linguistics

-pos-                        put, place                        impose

-port-                        carry                                    transport

-son-                        sound                                    sonic

-spect-                        look at                         inspect

-ven,-vene-            come                                    intervene

-vid-, -vis-            see                                    video

-voc-                        call, speak                        vocal

 

 


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