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STEMS – List 8
STEM
AFFIX
(Greek/Latin) (root/prefix/suffix)
STEM’s
MEANING
STEM
WORDS
mater/matri
(Lat.)
root
mother
maternity,
matrimony
pater/patri
(Lat.)
root
father
paternal,
patriarch
frater
(Lat.)
root
brother
fraternity,
fraternize
root
sister
sorority,
sororal
soror
(Lat.)
STEM WORD DEFINITIONS – List 8
STEM Word
POS
Definition
1. maternity
noun time during pregnancy; the
quality or state of being a
mother
2. matrimony
noun
marriage
3. paternal
adj.
4. patriarch
noun
father; male leader of a family
5. fraternity
noun
fellowship of men in college
6. fraternize
verb
to associate with; to be
friendly
7. sorority
noun
a society of women at a
college
adj.
relating to or having
characteristics of a sister
8. sororal
fatherly