Word Study 2

Word Study

WORD STUDY: Stems and Affixes

Below is a list of some commonly occurring stems and affixes.* Study their meanings then do the exercises which follow. Your teachcr may ask you to give examples of words which are derived from these stems and affixes.

Prefixcs:	bi- mono- poly- syn-, sym-, syl-	no, without, lacking well wrong, unfavorable many with, together
Stems:
	-anthro-, -anthropo-	man
	-arch-	first, chief
	-fact-, *fect-	make, do
	-gam-	marriage
	-hetero-	different, other
	-homo-	same
	-man-, -manu-	hand
	-morph-	form
	-onym-, -nomen-	name
	-pathy-	fccling, suffering
	-theo-, -the-	god
Sufnxcs:
	-ic, -al	relating to, having the naturę of
	-ism, -ist	action or practice, State or condition
		like, rescmbling

Unii S Word Study

10. Ilow are the meanings of manufaclure and manmcripl differcnt from the meanings of the stems from which they are derived? Use your dictionary if necessary.

Exercise 2

Following is a list of words containing some of the stems and affixes inlroduced in this unit and previous ones. Definitions of these words appear on the right. Ful the letter of the appropriale definitions next to each word.

1__manuał	*•	the practice or condition of having many or marriage partners	several
3--polygamy	b.	Professional care of the liands and fingernails
4__benediction	c.	one who performs good deeds
5__benefactor	d.	the act of saying a blessing
6--monogamy	e.	the practice or condition of havingone marriage partner
	f.	of or pertaining to the hands; done by the hands	hand or
7__anthropomorphous	r	having or rescmbling the human form
8__heteromorphic	b.	occurring at the same time
9__antluopometry	c.	of, having, or pertaining lo morę tlian one color
10__misnomer	d.	the measurement of the size and proportioni	; of the
II__heterochromatic		human body
12._synchronous	e. f.	dissimilar in shape. structurc, or magnitude a wrongly applied name or designation; an naming a person or Ihing	error in
13__monochromatic		the belicf tliat lliere is only one god
14--poły chrome	b.	pertaining to one color or one ware length only
IS--monoiticism	c.	the belief in morę tlian one god
1 f> polytheism	d.	tlie science or study of divine tliings or tcligious truths
17__anonymous	e.	being of many or various colors
18__theology	f.	giving no name;of unknown authorslup
19._ archencmy	a.	agreement in fccling between persons
20.__ archctype	b.	a chief opponent
21._sympathy	c.	the original model or form after which a thing	is madę
22__pathetie	d.	rescmbling man
23__anthropoid	e.	causing pity: alfccting the fcelings
24__synonym	f.	a word having the same, or ncarly the same, meaning as

another in the languagc

•For a lisi of alj siems

and affixes lauglil in Readcr's Clwice. see Appcndix.