Unit 8: And Your Name Is? (Get to the Root of It - Book 1)

a person who is captured by someone who demands that certain things be done before the capture person is freed

• prisoner

• hostage

• victim

• detainee

not named or identified; made or done by someone unknown

• nameless

• undisclosed

• unspecified

• anonymous

a place where sick or injured people are given care or treatment and where babies are often born

• clinic

• hospice

• hospital

• emergency room

a name for something that is formed from the first letter of each of the words in a title

• acronym

• synonym

• antonym

• pseudonym

a word that is spelled and pronounced like another word but is different in meaning

• synonym

• anonymous

• homonym

• pseudonym

not friendly; having or showing unfriendly feelings; harsh or unpleasant

• contrary

• nasty

• opposed

• hostile

generous and friendly to guests or visitors

• hospitable

• courteous

• neighborly

• congenial

a name a person, such as a writer, uses instead of his or her real name

• alias

• acronym

• pseudonym

• homonym

a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word in the same language

• homophone

• equivalent

• homonym

• synonym

a word with a meaning that is opposite to the meaning of another word

• homonym

• antonym

• synonym

• acronym