CJ Davis's Vocab

Cognate

1. When something is similar to something else.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms – akin, alike. Antonym- different.
4. 
5. Football and rugby are cognate sports.

Derivative

1. Something that comes from something else.
2. Noun
3. Synonym- offshoot. Antonyms- original, initial.
4. ->
5. New video games are derivatives of older games.

Diminutive

1. When something is small.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms- little, small, undersized
4. 
5. Tall basketball players are diminutive compared to Yao Ming.

Inflection

1. The change in pitch or tone of a voice.
2. Noun
3. Synonyms- articulation, variation, tonality.
4. 
5. The inflection of Robert Plant’s voice made him a powerful tenor and popular singer.

Orthography

1. The way letters are written in a language.
2. Noun
3. Etymological Synonyms- zoology, biology, anthropology
4. 
5. The orthography of of Modern English is very specific; a “g” should never look like a “w”.