vocab 1& 2
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- inflection
- a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
- probity
- uprightness; honesty; incorruptibility
- rhetoric
- study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
- paradigm
- systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
- phonology
- the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
- disingenuous
- not straightfoward; lacking in sincerity; pretending to know less than one actually does
- clandestine
- secret, executed with secrecy or concealment
- orthography
- noun; the art or study of correct spelling according to established usage / the aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences with words / spelling
- succinct
- precise expression in few words, concise
- syntax
- The way in which words are arranged to make phrases and sentences.
- scrupulous
- marked by close attention to the smallest detail---acting in a correct and honest manner
- dissemble
- to hide your real feelings or intentions, often by pretending to have different ones . Che giấu, che đậy
- spurious
- not genuine; false, counterfeit
- forthright
- directly and without evasion
- belie
- represent falsely
- perfidious
- treacherous; disloyal; N. perfidy: treachery
- nefarious
- extremely wicked
- rejoinder
- an answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply
- cognate
- having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N.
- philology
- n. The study of language in connection with history and literature.