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Term | Definition |
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hospital | a place where sick or injured people are given care or treatment and where babies are often born. |
hospitable | generous and friendly to guests or visitors |
synonym | a word that has the same or similar meaning of another word in the same language |
homonym | a word that is spelled and pronounced like another word but is different in meaning |
antonym | a word with a meaning that is opposite to the meaning of another word |
anonymous | not named or identified; made or done by someone unknown |
acronym | a name for something that is formed from the first letter of each of the words in a title |
pseudonym | a name a person, such as a writer, uses instead of his or her real name |
hostile | not friendly; having or showing unfriendly feelings, harsh or unpleasent |
hostage | a person who is captured by someone who demands that certain things be done before the captured person is freed |