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WWW List #10
Word Within a Word v. 1
Stem | Meaning | Sample words |
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ped | foot or child | orthopedist, pediatrician |
mort | death | mortal, mortician |
carn | flesh | carnivore, carnage |
psych | soul | psychology, psychic |
ethno | race or culture | ethnic group, ethnography |
gen | origin | genetics, gene |
nat | born | nativity, natal |
paleo | old | paleontologist, paleography |
curs | run | cursive, incursion |
crypt | hidden | cryptic, encrypt |
cad | fall | cascade, decadent |
capit | head | decapitate, capital |
loqu | talk | eloquent, soliloquy |
sacro | holy | sacrament, sacred |
uni | one | universe, unicorn |
ness | quality | softness, politeness |
alt | high | altitude, altar |
ics | art | politics, graphics |
iso | equal | isothermal, isosceles |
vert | turn | convert, invert |
ate | cause | domesticate, dominate |
cor | heart | core, courageous |
ess | female | lioness, princess |
muta | change | mutant, mutate |
fug | flee | fugitive, refugee |