Lesson 1,2,3 Flashcards
(30 cards)
L1- Rhetoric
The study of using language effectively
Orthography
The study of a languages writing or spelling system
Rejoinder
Witty response
Inflection
The change in the form of a word
Cognate
A word related to another word in a different language
Phonology
The sound system of a language
Paradigm
A model for a way of viewing things
Succinct
Using few words
Philology
Study of the history of language
L2- Nefarious
Infamous
Syntax
How words are arranged
Belie
Misrepresent
Probity
Uprightness
Disingenuous
Not telling the whole truth
Perfidious
Treacherous
Clandestine
Done in secret
Scrupulous
Conscientious and exact
Spurious
Fake
Forthright
Honest
Dissemble
To hide ones feelings or motives behind a false appearance
L3- Concomitant
Occurring simultaneously
Irrevocable
Irreversible
Eon
Longest division of geological time
Millennium
1 thousand years