Stem List 2 Flashcards
(9 cards)
Penta
Five
Ex: pentameter- of 5 measures
The poem was in iambic pentameter, 5 iambic feet to a line
Rev
Rule
Ex: regicide- killing of a king
Macbeth’s regicide of King Duncan hunts his conscience
Corp
Body
Ex: incorporeal- not consisting of matter
The spirits’s essence was incorporeal, not corporal
Lith
Rock
Ex: megalith- huge rock or stone
The prehistoric megaliths stood in black outline against the red sky
Fort
Strong
Ex: fortepiano- loud then soft
The passage should be played fortepiano
Fid
Faith
Ex: perfidious- treacherous
The perfidious act was roundly condemned by the loyalists
Ego
I
Ex: egomania- self obsession
His irritating egocentrism developed into unendurable egomania
Cantena
Chain
Ex: concatenate- chain together
The concatenated events found a chain of causes and effects
Intra
With in
Ex: intramural within the walls
Intramural activities are held with in the school