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Vocabulary Lesson 7-8
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2. Vocabulary Lesson 7-8
Guess the meanings of the italicized stems by looking at the word in context.
1. The young boy was captivated by his video games; he could hardly take his eyes off the screen.
2. I wish all kinds of spiders were extinct! Those critters are gross!
3. Thousands of comic book fans enjoy watching Peter Parker mutate into Spiderman.
4. The letters found in the attic are from the 1800’s. It’s amazing that they have remained intact for over 200 years.
5. We looked at many zygotes under the microscope in our science class.

3. Vocabulary Lesson 7-8 Stems and Meanings
“Cap” – take; hold
“Ex” -- out
“Mut” – change
“Tact” – touch
“Zygo” -- yolk

4. Vocabulary Lesson 7-8 Example Words and Definitions
Capitulate (v)—to surrender
Captivate (v)—hold the attention
Exhumed (v)—to dig out of the earth
Extinct (adj)—died out
Mutate (v)—to change
Transmute (v)—to change from one substance into another; to transform
Contact (v)—act of touching
Intact (adj)—untouched
Zygospore (n)—a large multinucleate spore formed by the union of similar gametes
Zygote (n)—the cell produced by the union of two gametes

5. Vocabulary Lesson 7-8 Created Sentences
Can you develop 5 sentences on your own with a lesson 7-8 stem or example word in each?
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