Cognate
Related by birth; to have the same parentage
adjective, noun
French and Spanish are cognate languages.”
SYN affiliated, agnate, akin
Derivative
secondary/not original
adjective, noun
“Something that has been plagiarized is said to be derivative.”
SYN acquired, ancestral, caused(copyright)
Diminutive
small; little; tiny
adjective, noun
“Delaware is a diminutive state.”
SYN midget, mini, miniature,
Inflection
the change of pitch in your voice
noun
“The teacher’s voice had inflection when she got mad at the class.”
SYN articulation, change, emphasis
Orthography
the art of writing words with the proper letters
noun
“I’m in the spelling bee because I have good orthography.”
Related Words words, grammar, language
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