Thursday, September 13, 2007

Drew's Vocab

Cognate:
Description: Someone related by blood.
Part of Speech: Adjective
Related Words: Similar (S), related (S), Different (A)
Sentence: My cousin and her cognate brother are related.

Derivative
Description: Copied
Part of Speech: Adjective and a Noun
Related Words: Unoriginal (S), Plagiaristic (S), Original (A)
Sentence: Sam was derived to get his answers from his friend.

Diminutive
Description: Something that is relatively small then it is supposed to be
Part of Speech: Adjective and Noun
Related Words: Very small (S), Tiny (S), Huge (A)
Sentence: The diminutive building stood out from the others.

Inflection
Description: Changing the pitch of your voice
Part of Speech: Adjective
Related Words: Variation (S), Shade (S), Tone (S)
Sentence: The singer inflected his voice to hit the high notes.

Orthography
Description: Rules of English
Part of Speech: Noun
Related Words: Letters (S), Spelling (S), Grammar (S)
Sentence: The English teachers teach you Orthography.

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