1. The Word Within the Word
Stem Lesson 6
Part 2 (stems )

2. 141. luc
meaning: light
Sentence example: Your lucid remarks greatly clarified the confusing issue.

3. Clue Words: lucid, translucent, lucidity, Lucifer, elucidate, lucent

4. Translucent
Semitransparent, allows some light to pass through

5. 142. rupt
meaning: break
Sentence example: The volcanic eruption of Vesuvius disrupted our celebration.

6. Clue Words: erupt, disrupt, rupture, corrupt, abrupt, incorruptible

7. Clue Words: erupt, disrupt, rupture, corrupt, abrupt, incorruptible

8. Clue Words: erupt, disrupt, rupture, corrupt, abrupt, incorruptible

9. Rupture
The act of breaking or bursting

10. 143. grat meaning: pleasing
Sentence example: The grateful man was certainly no ingrate; he thanked us profusely.

11. Clue Words: gratifying, gratitude, ingrate, grateful, gratuitous, ingratiate

12. Ingratiate
To establish in the good graces of others

13. 144. medi
meaning: middle
Sentence example: It was a mediocre speech, neither excellent nor poor.

14. Clue Words: median, mediate, medium, mediocre, Mediterranean, in medias res

15. Mediocre
Of only moderate or ordinary quality

16. 145. soph
meaning: wisdom
Sentence example: The sophomore’s immature philosophy was unsophisticated and sophomoric.

17. Clue Words: sophomore, sophisticated, sophist, philosophy, theosophy

18. Sophist
Of a class or professional teachers from ancient Greece

19. 146. curr
meaning: run
Sentence example: His wandering remarks on current affairs were too discursive to endure.

20. Clue Words: current, undercurrent, currently, recurrent, currency, incur

21. Current
A large flow of water within a body of water

22. Sentence example: Is human life temporal or eternal?
meaning: time
Sentence example: Is human life temporal or eternal?

23. Clue Words: temporal, contemporary, temporize, temporarily, tempus fugit

24. Temporal
Of or pertaining to time

25. 148. migr
meaning: wander
Sentence example: Do migratory species think about their distant destinations?

26. Clue Words: migrate, transmigration, migrant, migratory, emigrant, immigrant

27. 149. trans
meaning: across
Sentence example: The translucent material allowed us to see the events on the other side.

28. Clue Words: transfer, translate, transmit, transfusion, translucent, transcend

29. Translate
To convert from one language to another

30. 150. gamy meaning: marriage
Sentence example: Is the crime of bigamy a variation of monogamy or a form of polygamy?

31. Clue Words: monogamy, polygamy, bigamy, gamete, autogamous, exogamy