TKT Unit 2

a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word

• prefix

• synonym

• false friend

• affix

a meaningful group of letters added to the beginning of a root or base word to make a new word, which can be a different part of speech from the original word

• antonym

• affix

• false friend

• prefix

a word in the target language which looks or sounds as if it has the same meaning as a similar word in the learners’ first language but does not

• lexical set

• affix

• false friend

• idiom

a meaningful group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to make a new word, which can be a different part of speech from the original word

• lexical set

• affix

• homophone

• register

a verb which is made up of more than one word (e.g. a verb + adverb particle or preposition) which has a different meaning from each individual word

• phrasal verb

• suffix

• affix

• prefix

a word with the same spelling as another word, but which has a different meaning

• homophone

• synonym

• homonym

• antonym

a group of words that are related to each other by their root or base word

• lexical set

• word family

• root word

• collocation

a meaningful group of letters added to the end of a root or base word to make a new word, which can be a different part of speech from the original word

• suffix

• affix

• affixation

• idiom

the opposite of another word

• compound

• antonym

• homophone

• synonym

a group of words or phrases that are about the same content topic or subject

• word family

• compounds

• lexical set

• idioms