Latin Stems Example Word Definitions

Front 1

BICYCLE

Back 1

It has two wheels

Front 2

BIPED

Back 2

Like you..it has two feet

Front 3

BINOCULARS

Back 3

You use two eyes to see through these

Front 4

BILATERAS

Back 4

Two-sided

Front 5

BIMONTHLY

Back 5

comes out every two months (i.e a magazine)

Front 6

SUBMARINE

Back 6

goes under the sea

Front 7

SUBTRACT

Back 7

to take away (pull under) one number from another

Front 8

SUBMERGE

Back 8

to put something under water

Front 9

SUBMISSIVE

Back 9

you willingly go under the power of another

Front 10

SUBZERO

Back 10

temperature that is below, or under, zero

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DESCEND

Back 11

go down

Front 12

DEPOSIT

Back 12

to put down

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DEDUCE

Back 13

thin think your way down from a big truth

Front 14

DECLINE

Back 14

to refuse (turn down)

Front 15

DEFINE

Back 15

to lay down the limits and make clear

Front 16

DESCRIBE

Back 16

to put down in words

Front 17

PREDICT

Back 17

to announce something before it happens

Front 18

PREPARE

Back 18

to get ready before an event

Front 19

PRESCHOOL

Back 19

an early school before first grade

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PRELUDE

Back 20

music before a performance

Front 21

SUPERVISE

Back 21

to watch over people

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SUPERMAN

Back 22

someone with powers over and above the normal

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SUPERNATURAL

Back 23

having powers over and above the normal

Front 24

SUPERIOR

Back 24

over others in quality (superb)

Front 25

SUPERB

Back 25

over others in quality (superior)

Front 26

COMBINE

Back 26

to put things together

Front 27

COMPLETE

Back 27

all together

Front 28

COMPLEX

Back 28

lots of parts working together

Front 29

COMMITTEE

Back 29

work together with other people

Front 30

INTRAMURAL

Back 30

something that happens within a group, rather than between two groups

Front 31

INTRACELLULAR

Back 31

within a cell

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INTRAVENOUS

Back 32

shot that puts flud witing a vein

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CENTURY

Back 33

one hundred years

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CENTIMETER

Back 34

one-hundredth of a meter

Front 35

CENTURION

Back 35

soldier in a subdivision of a Roman legion that contained 100 soldiers

Front 36

CENTS

Back 36

100 make up a dollar

Front 37

ADHERE

Back 37

stick to something

Front 38

ADJUST

Back 38

to adapt to a situation

Front 39

ADVOCATE

Back 39

to give your voice to a cause and support it

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ADVISES

Back 40

when a person gives information, warning, or counsel to someone else

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TRANSFER

Back 41

to carry things across to somewhere else

Front 42

AQUIFER

Back 42

a natural underground system that holds (carries) wather

Front 43

CONIFER

Back 43

an evergreen tree that carries cones

Front 44

FERRYBOAT

Back 44

carries you acrss a river