Stems List 2

Question 1

Penta

Answer 1

Five
Pentameter: of five measures
The poem was in iambic pentameter, five iambic feet to a line.

Question 2

Reg

Answer 2

Rule
Regicide: killing of a king
Macbeth’s regicide of King Duncan haunts his conscience.

Question 3

Corp

Answer 3

Body
Incorporeal: not consisting of matter.
The spirit’s essence was incorporeal, not corporal.

Question 4

Lith

Answer 4

Rock
Megalith: huge stone
The prehistoric megalith stood in black outline against the red sky.

Question 5

Fort

Answer 5

Strong
Fortepiano- loud then soft
The passage should be played fortepiano.

Question 6

Find

Answer 6

Faith
Precious- treacherous
The perfidious act was roundly condemned by the loyalists.

Question 7

Ego

Answer 7

I
Egomania- self-obsession
His irritating egocentrism developed into unendurable egomania.

Question 8

Cantena

Answer 8

Chain
Concatenate- chain together
The cognate ate events formed a chain of cause and effects.

Question 9

Intra

Answer 9

Within
Intramural: within the walls.
Intramural activities are led within school.