Key Words Flashcards
An example of a cardinal number is?
1,2,3 …
However, an ordinal number indicates ?
Give an example
order
1st/2nd/3rd
Amelioration is when a word takes on a more ____ meaning over time
EG?
positive
“nice” used to mean foolish
The opposite of Amelioration is ?
Pejoration
Give an example of pejoration
“silly” - used to mean that a person was happy and fortunate to meaning that they are foolish and unsophisticated
A co-ordinating conjunction connects parts of what type of sentence?
compound sentence
What is an enumerator?
number/statistics
A euphemism has what effect on language?
softens what is said
An example of a euphemism is?
to say that someone “passed away”
A homonym is two words that sound the same but differ in?
meaning
EG of a homonym?
bear - animal
&
bear - endure
a HOMOPHONE on the other hand is two words that sound the same but have a different?
spelling
An example of a homophone would be?
Flower & Flour
There are 4 first person, PLURAL pronouns
what are they?
- We
- us
- our
- ourselves
Initialism refers to ?
{Clue: Initial…}
letters pronounced separately within a word
Example: WTF
The THREE main intensifier are very, so & ….
really
What do you call a group of words that come from the same word class?
Lexical Set
If the meaning of a word changes over time, this is called?
semantic change
An auxiliary verb indicates what?
tense
