Vocab 1 &
Mrs.Olson's block one english class vocab, lessons one and two.
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- Inflextion
- The change in the form of words that indicateds a grammatical distinction, such as number, gender, case, person, tense, mood, or voice.
- Syntax
- The way which words are arranged or combined to form phrases, clauses, and sentences.
- Cognate
- Related by being derived, descended, or borrowed from the same word or root.
- Diminutive
- A word formed by shortening or by adding certain suffixes indicating primarily small size but also youth, affection or contempt.
- Dissemble
- To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance.
- Perfidious
- Disloyal; treacherous.
- Probity
- Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
- Phonology
- The science of speech sounds in a language.
- Orthography
- The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
- Collusion
- A secret agreement between two or more persons for a deceitful or fraudulent purpose;conspiracy.
- Derivative
- A word formed from another word or root, such as by adding a prefix or a suffix.
- Philology
- The chronological study of language development.
- Nefarious
- Extremely wicked or infamous;evil;vilainious
- Scrupulous
- Acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper; having principles.
- Clandestine
- Concealed or kept secret, often for unlawful purposes
- Paradigm
- A list of all the inflectional forms of a particular word.
- Spurious
- Lacking authenticity or validity; false
- Stratagem
- A clever scheme or trick designed to attain a goal.
- Belie
- To picture falsely;misrepresent;disguise.
- Rhetoric
- The art of using language effectively.