Chapter 1 Flashcards
1
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A word formed from the first letter of each word in a series
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Acronym
2
Q
To attach a part to the beginning or end of a word
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Affix
3
Q
A newly invented word or phrase
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Coinage
4
Q
Conversational
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Colloquial
5
Q
A suffix denoting smallness, youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt
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Diminutive
6
Q
A figurative word substitution
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Metonymy
7
Q
An expression that contradicts itself.
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Oxymoron
8
Q
A word spelled the same backward and forward
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Palindrome
9
Q
One word made by combining parts of two others.
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Portmanteau word
10
Q
A phrase with comically switched word sounds.
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Spoonerism
