Download Word Stems 1

absent –
not
present
avert – to
turn away;
to ward off
or prevent
capable- the ability to take
hold of a specific task
pliable- flexible
equivalent
– having
the same
amount
3
1
=
12 4
equityfairness
4.
Automatic
– operating
with little
human
direction
Autopilot – a device that
flies a plane by itself
5.
Graph - write
Greek
Autograph –
one’s own
signature
photograph – picture
“writing” made with a camera
Heterotrophic
– organism
that is not
able to make
its own food
Heterogenous
- having unlike
qualities
debris scattered
remains of
something
destroyed
defiance - refusal to obey
something or someone
Progress –
movement
toward a
destination or
goal
Prokaryote – cells that do
not have a nucleus
Word Window
• Fold your paper hamburger, then hamburger
again.
• In the first window pane, write one STEM,
its DEFINITION, and a WORD that contains
the stem.
• Second window pane: Picture of the word
• Third window pane: 2 sentences using the
word
• Fourth window pane: Personal connection
to the word.