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BHS Eng.II Vocab 1
Mrs. Branch: 1-10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (n) a word formed from the initial letters of a name or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words: WAC for Women's Army Corp | acronym |
| (n) A. a word element, such as a prefix or sufix, that is attached to a base, stem, or root. B. something that is attached, joined or added (v) A. to secure to another; attach B. to place at the end | affix |
| (n) A. the invention of new words B. an invented word or phrase C. the process of making coins | coinage |
| (adj) A. used in or suitable to spoken language or to writing that imitates speech; conversational B. informal in style of expression (not slang) | colloquial |
| (n) the use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but humorously wrong in the context | malapropism |
| (n) the formation or use of a word that imitates or resembles what it stand for | onomatopoeia |
| (n) a word, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward | palindrome |
| (n) a word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words; blend | portmanteau word |
| (n) a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in phrase introduced by like or as | simile |
| (n) an accidental but humorous distortion of words in a phrase formed by interchanging the initial sounds | spoonerism |