Lesson 1 Flashcards
1
Q
Acronym
A
a word made from first letters
2
Q
Affix
A
A prefix or suffix
3
Q
Coinage
A
An invented word
4
Q
Colloquial
A
Conversational
5
Q
Diminutive
A
A suffix indicating smallness
6
Q
Metonymy
A
The use of a closely related word of a substitute
7
Q
Oxymoron
A
An expression with contradictory words
8
Q
Palindrome
A
A word spelled the same backward and forward
9
Q
Portmanteau Word
A
A word formed from two or other words
10
Q
Spoonerisms
A
A comical switching of the first sounds of words
