week 1 vocabulary preview. acronym acronym – a word formed from the initial letters or parts of a...
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acronymacronym
acronym – A word acronym – A word formed from the initial formed from the initial
letters or parts of a series letters or parts of a series of words: of words: WACWAC for for
Women’s Army CorpsWomen’s Army Corps
AffixAffix
affix – affix – a.a. A word element A word element such as a prefix or suffix, such as a prefix or suffix, that is attached to a base, that is attached to a base,
stem, or root. stem, or root. b.b. Something Something that is attached, joined or that is attached, joined or
added. added. c.c. To secure to To secure to another; attach.another; attach.
coinagecoinage
coinage – coinage – a.a. The invention The invention of new words. of new words. b.b. An An
invented word or phrase. invented word or phrase. c.c. The process of making The process of making
coins.coins.
colloquial colloquial
colloquial – colloquial – a.a. Used in or Used in or suitable to spoken suitable to spoken
language or to writing language or to writing that imitates speech; that imitates speech;
conversational. conversational. b.b. Informal in style of Informal in style of
expression.expression.
diminutivediminutive
diminutive – diminutive – a.a. A suffix A suffix that indicates small size, that indicates small size,
youth, familiarity, youth, familiarity, affection or contempt. affection or contempt.
b.b. a nickname indicating a nickname indicating affection or familiarity. affection or familiarity. c.c. Extremely small; tiny. Extremely small; tiny.
metonymymetonymy
metonymy – A figure of metonymy – A figure of speech that substitutes a speech that substitutes a word with a different but word with a different but closely associated word. closely associated word.
oxymoronoxymoron
oxymoron – An oxymoron – An expression that contains expression that contains
contradictory terms. contradictory terms.
palindromepalindrome
palindrome – A word, palindrome – A word, phrase, or sentence that phrase, or sentence that
reads the same backward reads the same backward or forward. or forward. “mom” “mom”
“racecar”“racecar”
portmanteau wordportmanteau word
portmanteau word – A portmanteau word – A word formed by merging word formed by merging the sounds and meanings the sounds and meanings of two different words; of two different words;
blend.blend.
spoonerismspoonerism
spoonerism – An accidental spoonerism – An accidental but humorous distortion of but humorous distortion of words in a phrase formed words in a phrase formed
by interchanging the initial by interchanging the initial sounds: “the tons of soil” sounds: “the tons of soil”
instead of “the sons of toil”instead of “the sons of toil”
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