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Term | Definition |
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synonym | two words that can be interchanged in a context are said |
antonym | a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other |
infer | conclude by reasoning; in logic |
tone | the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author |
mood | a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling the mood of the story is very emotional |
address | address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question |
idiom | an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up |
affix | attach or become attached to a stem word |
differentiate | be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense |