Vocabulary and Language Concepts

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Dictionary

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A book or electronic resource in which the words and phrases of a language are listed alphabetically, together with their meanings.

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Prefix

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A letter or group of letters which is added to the beginning of a root word or base word to modify its meaning or to form a different word.

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Thesaurus

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A book or electronic resource that lists words in groups of synonyms and related concepts.

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Vocabulary

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A list or collection of the words or phrases of a language; a language user's knowledge of words.

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Affix

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A set of letters generally added to the beginning or end of a root word or base word to modify its meaning or to form a different word.

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Word Parts

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Prefixes, root words, and suffixes; which have specific meanings, and when added together make up many words in English.

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Root Word

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A basic word or base word to which affixes (prefixes and suffixes) are added.

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Connotation

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An idea or feeling that a word invokes or suggests in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

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Denotation

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The literal or primary meaning of a word.

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Antonym

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A word opposite in meaning to another.