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Vocabulay
Section 1 and 2 vocabulary
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10th Grade
08/15/2010

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Acronym
Definition
A word formed from the first letter of each word in a series
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Affix (Noun)
Definition
A prefix of suffix
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Affix (verb 1)
Definition
To attach a part to the beginning or end of a word
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Affix (verb 2)
Definition
to attach something
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Coinage
Definition
The Invention of new words/An invented word or phrase/The making of metal coins
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Colloquial
Definition
Typical of informal language usage/conversational
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Diminutive
Definition
A suffix that indicates small size, youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt/A nickname idicating affection or familiarity/Extremely Small, tiny
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Metonymy
Definition
A figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different but closely assoiciated word
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Oxymoron
Definition
An expression that contains contradictory terms
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Palindrome
Definition
A word or an expression that is spelled the same backward and forward
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Portmanteau word
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A word formed by combining the sounds and meaning of two words
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Spoonerism
Definition
An often comical switching of the first sounds of two or more words
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