Etymology terms 1

Question 0

Acronym

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Abbreviation that each word has a meaning

Question 1

Abstract word

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Word that deals with concepts and ideas

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Analogy

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Compare two items using similarities

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Antonym

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Words that mean the opposite

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Assimilation

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Two neighboring sounds become similar when bring pronounced

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Colloquial language

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Language that is informed; it is not accepted in academic writing. Less accepted than slang

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Concrete word

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Objects, physical representation

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Dialect

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The variety of a language used by a specific social economical or geophysical group

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Etymology

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History of a word

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Figurative word

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Conscience divination of the common meaning

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Homonym

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Two words or different words that have same pronunciation but different meaning

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Informal language

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Can use slang and colloquial language. You have to imploy the conventions of a spoken language

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Jargon

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Specific words used by a specific profession or group of people

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Loan words

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Words borrowed by a different language

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that represent sounds

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Prefix

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Letters of the beginning of the word that partially indicates meaning

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Slang

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Subset of a language used by a specific group may have had different forms of real words or new words together

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Suffix

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Letters of the ending of the word that indicates purpose or part of speech

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Synonym

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Words that mean the same