Thursday, September 13, 2007

Ben's Vocab

Cognate-
1.To be similar to in quality
2.noun
3.
4.Cognateness (syn.), Cognatic(syn), Kin(syn)
5.The boy was a cognate of my father.

Derivative-
1.replica;not original
2.adj
3.
4. Fake(syn.), copy(syn.), original(ant.)
5. The derivative constitution is a worthless document.

Dimunitive-
1.small or tiny
2.adj
3.
4.bitsy(syn.), midget(syn.), liliputian(syn.)
5.The diminutive text was ghard to comprehend

inflection-
1. Change in pitch of voice
2.noun
3.
4.change(syn.),enunciation(syn.),tonality(syn.)
5.The inflection of his voice flustered the animal.

Orthography-
1.Writting leters in abc's
2.noun
3.
4.alphabet(syn.), autograph(syn.), engrave(syn.)
5.I studied Orthography for ten years.

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