Word within a Word 4.1

Define:
POND

• weight
• body
• father
• people

pater

• weight
• mother
• father
• people

Matri

• body
• people
• father
• mother

Pop

• people
• father
• mother
• body

Corp

• father
• mother
• body
• people

CONTEXT CLUES.  Using your knowledge of stems, decide which word best fi in the blank.  
Because it was a(n) ____ society, fathers were not considered to be very important.

• orthodox
• matricarchal
• hydrophobic
• patriarchel

As the boat began to sink, the nervous passengers tried to get rid of the _______ objects to help keep the boat afloat.

• dormat
• predonderant
• benign
• protomorphic

I can deal with _________ suffering like a spanking, but when my parents just make me feel guilty, that is worse.

• corporeal
• beneficial
• vestment
• morphous

It is important to stand and be __________ for the Pledge of Alliance. 

• ponderous
• corpse
• patriotic
• hydroplane

The most _____ city in the United States of America is New York City, New York.

• veracity
• populous
• dormant
• beneficial