CAM ENGLISH 11/9

An abbreviation formed by combining the initial letters in words or parts of a series of words

• homonym

• acronym

• antonym

• pseudonym

not named or identified; done by someone unknown

• anonymous

• acronym

• eponym

• onomatopoeia

a word that means the opposite of another word

• anonymous

• antonym

• eponym

• heteronym

A person for whom something, such as a city, building or street has been named.

• eponym

• hetronym

• homonym

• oronym

one or two more words that are spelled alike but have different meanings and pronunciations, such as bass voice and bass, a fish

• heteronym

• homonym

• onomatopoeia

• synonym

one of two or more words that are pronounced alike but have different spellings and meanings, such as isle and aisle

• heteronym

• homonym

• onomatopoeia

• synonym

the formation of words that imitate sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer

• onomatopoeia

• oronym

• pseudonym

• synonym

a string of words that sounds the same as another string of words, such as gray day and grade A

• anonymous

• acronym

• oronym

• pseudonym

false name; a fictitious name

• acronym

• onomatopoeia

• pseudonym

• oronym

one or two or more words that have the same meaning

• pseudonym

• synonym

• homonym

• eponym