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Vocab ono, nym, onym
Practice your ono roots with this stack
Term | Definition |
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acronym | (n) An abbreviation formed by combining the initial letters in words or parts of a series of words |
anonymous | (adj) Not named or identified; done by someone unknown |
antonym | (n) A word that means the opposite of another word |
eponym | (n) A person for whom something, such as a city, building, or street, is named |
heteronym | (n) One of two or more words that are spelled alike but have different meanings and pronunciations, such as bass voice and bass, a fish |
homonym | one of two or more words that are pronounced (n) Alike but have different spellings and meanings, such as isle and aisle |
onomatopoeia | (n) The formation of words that imitate sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer |
oronym | (n) A string of words that sounds the same as another string of words, such as gray day and grade A |
pseudonym | (n) False name; a fictitious name |
synonym | (n) One of two or more words that have the same meaning |