vocabulary terms
Terms
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- analogy
- a comparison
- root word
- main part of a word
- inference clue
- clue that implies but does not state directly
- contrast clue
- uses an opposite phrase as a clue
- antonym
- a word that means the opposite of another
- literal
- strict (primary) usage of a word
- context clue
- help to define a word
- homophone
- sounds the same as another word
- synonym
- a word that means the same as another word
- restatement clue
- uses a synonym as a clue
- prefix
- syllables at the beginning of a word
- suffix
- syllables at the end of a word
- denotation
- the exact dictionary definition of a word
- figurative
- words used in a symbolic way
- homograph
- spells the same as another word
- connotation
- the feelings or emotions surrounding a word