The Word Within the Word Stem Lesson 6 Part 2 (stems 141-150)
141. luc meaning: light Sentence example: Your lucid remarks greatly clarified the confusing issue.
Clue Words: lucid, translucent, lucidity, Lucifer, elucidate, lucent
Translucent Semitransparent, allows some light to pass through
142. rupt meaning: break Sentence example: The volcanic eruption of Vesuvius disrupted our celebration.
Clue Words: erupt, disrupt, rupture, corrupt, abrupt, incorruptible
Clue Words: erupt, disrupt, rupture, corrupt, abrupt, incorruptible
Clue Words: erupt, disrupt, rupture, corrupt, abrupt, incorruptible
Rupture The act of breaking or bursting
143. grat meaning: pleasing Sentence example: The grateful man was certainly no ingrate; he thanked us profusely.
Clue Words: gratifying, gratitude, ingrate, grateful, gratuitous, ingratiate
Ingratiate To establish in the good graces of others
144. medi meaning: middle Sentence example: It was a mediocre speech, neither excellent nor poor.
Clue Words: median, mediate, medium, mediocre, Mediterranean, in medias res
Mediocre Of only moderate or ordinary quality
145. soph meaning: wisdom Sentence example: The sophomore’s immature philosophy was unsophisticated and sophomoric.
Clue Words: sophomore, sophisticated, sophist, philosophy, theosophy
Sophist Of a class or professional teachers from ancient Greece
146. curr meaning: run Sentence example: His wandering remarks on current affairs were too discursive to endure.
Clue Words: current, undercurrent, currently, recurrent, currency, incur
Current A large flow of water within a body of water
Sentence example: Is human life temporal or eternal? meaning: time Sentence example: Is human life temporal or eternal?
Clue Words: temporal, contemporary, temporize, temporarily, tempus fugit
Temporal Of or pertaining to time
148. migr meaning: wander Sentence example: Do migratory species think about their distant destinations?
Clue Words: migrate, transmigration, migrant, migratory, emigrant, immigrant
149. trans meaning: across Sentence example: The translucent material allowed us to see the events on the other side.
Clue Words: transfer, translate, transmit, transfusion, translucent, transcend
Translate To convert from one language to another
150. gamy meaning: marriage Sentence example: Is the crime of bigamy a variation of monogamy or a form of polygamy?
Clue Words: monogamy, polygamy, bigamy, gamete, autogamous, exogamy