Week 23 Vocabulary

Adage

• A short saying or expression that expresses wisdom

• A question

• An answer

• A saying that is confusing to understand

Affix

• Base word/Root word

• A group of letters added to the beginning or end of a base word that changes the meaning of the word

• The definition of a word

• The meaning of a word

Context

• The words, sentences, or paragraphs that are written before or after another word, sentence or paragraph to help explain its meaning

• A summary

• Context Clues

• The main idea of a story

Digital Resource

• A book, newspaper or article

• A story you are reading

• An electronic reference or sources used to gather or produce information

• Dictionary

Meaning

• The answer to a problem

• The summary of a story

• Context Clues

• The definition of a word or phrase; the message of a written text

Multiple-Meaning Word

• The meaning of a word

• A word that has more than one meaning

• A dictionary entry

• Being able to understand a word

Print Resource

• A book, newspaper or article

• A reference in a book or paper form used to gather or to produce information

• An electronic reference or sources used to gather or produce information

• Dictionary

Pronunciation

• How to understand a word

• The meaning of a word

• The dictionary entry of a word

• The spoken form of a word

Pun

• Using your context clues to figure out a word

• A humorous use of a word that suggests meaning and sound similar to a word

• How to pronounce a word

• A type of Figurative Language

Root

• Context Clues

• Suffix

• Prefix

• The basic part of a word that remains when all affixes have been removed