Thursday, September 13, 2007















Cognate:





-realted to similar, same ancestors, realted by blood





-adjective





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-Twins are always cognate to each other.





-kin, cognatus, nasci










Derivative:





-the adapted version of something





-adjective or noun





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-The human has derived from the ape.





-Derived, derive, derivable










Diminutive





-a small object, a small person





-adjective





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-The small people were very diminutive in stature.


-diminish, diminution, deminutivus




Inflection:


-molding of someones voice, change in sound


-noun


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-The boy went through inflection during puberty.

-iniflect, modulation, inflectional


Orthography:

-the study of proper spelling ways and proper english

-noun

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-The english teacher was very good with orthography.
-orthographer, orthographist, correct

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