Katie's Vocab

Cognate
Description: Related too, from same ancestors
Part of Speech: Adjective
Related Words: Family, Ancestral, Relation (syn)
Sentence: Just by looking you wouldn't be able to tell that my dad and I are cognate.

Derivative
Part of Speech: Adjective
Description: Something that results or is created from something else.
Related Words: Modified, Secondary, Unoriginal (syn)
Sentence: Classical derivative from the word Classic.

Diminutive
Part of Speech: Adjective
Description: Something Small
Related Words: Microcosim, tiny, little (syn)
Sentence: The vine is producing very diminutive grapes.

Inflection
Part of Speech: Noun
Description: A change in pitch or tone of voice
Related Words: change, alteration, modification (syn)
Sentence: When George had a cold, he noticed an inflection in his voice.

Orhography
Part of Speech: Noun
Description: The study of language in using correct words
Related Words: Spelling, Proper, alphabet (syn)
Sentence: George should really work on the orthography of the English language.

I figure out how to put pictures on!!! (Grrr)