King Lexicon Vocab List 1

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1 : a vowel that is not stressed and is the usual sound of the first and last vowels of the English word America

2 : the symbol commonly used

• antonym

• schwa

• accent

• pronunciation

: a book of words and their synonyms and antonyms

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: the history or origin of a word

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• simulation

a way of acting out or creating a situation like one in the real world

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: a word having the same or almost the same meaning as another word in the same language

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• guide word

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: a word of opposite meaning

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: one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning

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1 : greater stress or force given to a syllable of a word in speaking

2 : a mark or symbol (as ´, `, or ^) identifying a syllable that is stressed in speaking

• accent

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• schwa

1 : a unit of spoken language that consists of one or more vowel sounds alone or with one or more consonant sounds preceding or following. Words are usually separated into their parts by dots, hyphens, or spaces in a dictionary.

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