vocab lesson 1 Flashcards
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Affix
A prefix or suffix
To attach a part to the beginning or end of a word
To attach something
Acronym
A word formed from the first letter of each word in a series.
Coinage
The invention of new words
An invented word or phrase
The making of metal coins; metal currency
Colloquial
Typical of informal language usage; controversial
Diminutive
Suffix that indicates small size, youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt
A nickname indicating affection or familiarity
Extremely small; tiny
Metonymy
A figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different but closely associated word
Oxymoron
An expression that contains contradictory terms
Palindrome
A word or an expression that is spelled the same backward and forward
Portmanteau word
A word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two different words
Spoonerism
An often comical switching of the first sounds of two or more words
