Kayla's Vocab

vocabularyyy:


Cognate
1. description: thing similar to another; having the same ancestry/bloodline; related in nature or by origin; alike
2. part of speech: noun (can also be an adj.)
3. <--
4. related words: comparable (synonym), disassociated (antonym), cognateness (related)
5. sentence: Jack and Meg White are not only cognatic by blood, but also by their nature.


Derivative
1. something that comes from something else; derives from another word, substance, etc.; copied or adapted; a result of a mathematical differentiation.
2. commonly a noun
3. <-- (derivatives)
4. derivatively (related), by-product (synonym), an original (antonym)
5. The word "derivative" is a derivative of the Latin word "dérīvātīvus".

Diminutive
1. a small thing; tiny in size
2. noun or adj.
3. <--
4. enormous (antonym), petite (synonym), diminutiveness (related)
5. She did not let her diminutive figure keep her from playing outside with the 'big kids'.



Inflection
1. a bend; a change in pitch or loudness; way to make words agree (gender/number/etc.)
2. noun
3. <-- (inflection in bent bars)
4. inflectionally (related), variation (synonym), modulation (synonym)
5. Mary sang it off pitch so Mrs. Wearne made an inflection by giving her the correct pitch on the piano and having her re-sing it.


Orthography
1. writing words with proper letters, usage, and spelling; representing a language or the sounds of language using written symbols/characters
2. noun
3. <--
4. ὀρθός orthós "correct" and γράφειν gráphein "to write" (related), orthographies (related), orthographer (related)
5. I wish i was an orthographist, maybe then I would be able to write Japanese symbols correctly.


vocab by kaylamp.