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What is the term for words that share a common origin or meaning?
What is the term for words that share a common origin or meaning?
What is the term for the emotional associations of words?
What is the term for the emotional associations of words?
What is the term for combining two or more words to create a new word?
What is the term for combining two or more words to create a new word?
What is the term for words with opposite meanings?
What is the term for words with opposite meanings?
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What is the term for using surrounding words to understand the meaning of an unknown word?
What is the term for using surrounding words to understand the meaning of an unknown word?
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What is the term for words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs?
What is the term for words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs?
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Study Notes
Vocabulary
Word Formation
- Prefixes: added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning (e.g., un-, re-, non-)
- Suffixes: added to the end of a word to change its meaning (e.g., -ly, -ful, -less)
- Root words: core words that can be modified with prefixes and suffixes (e.g., run, read, write)
- Compounding: combining two or more words to create a new word (e.g., bookshelf, toothbrush)
Word Types
- Nouns: persons, places, things, and ideas (e.g., dog, city, love)
- Verbs: actions or states of being (e.g., run, eat, be)
- Adjectives: describe nouns or pronouns (e.g., happy, big, blue)
- Adverbs: describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs (e.g., quickly, very, well)
- Pronouns: replace nouns in a sentence (e.g., he, she, it, they)
- Prepositions: show relationships between words (e.g., in, on, at, with)
- Conjunctions: connect words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., and, but, or, so)
- Interjections: express emotion or feeling (e.g., oh, wow, ouch)
Vocabulary Strategies
- Context clues: using surrounding words to understand the meaning of an unknown word
- Synonyms: words with similar meanings (e.g., happy → joyful, big → large)
- Antonyms: words with opposite meanings (e.g., hot → cold, fast → slow)
- Cognates: words that share a common origin or meaning (e.g., English → Spanish: father → padre)
Word Choice
- Connotation: emotional associations of words (e.g., home → warm, prison → cold)
- Denotation: literal meaning of words (e.g., dog → a specific animal)
- Idiomatic expressions: phrases with non-literal meanings (e.g., "kick the bucket" → die)
- Formal and informal language: using appropriate language for different contexts (e.g., formal: academic writing, informal: social media)
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Test your knowledge of vocabulary formation, types, and strategies. Learn about prefixes, suffixes, root words, and more. Improve your understanding of word meanings and usage.
