Shellenberg
World Lit. 1st Hour
13 September 2007
Vocabulary Week 1
Cognate:
Description: To be related to another by blood. Examples; brother, sister, and cousin.
Part of speech: Noun
3 related words: Cousin, ancestor, and mother.
Sentence: Kayla Paulson and I are cognate to one another.
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Derivative:
Description: Something that is can only exist from another source. Not original.
Part of speech: Adjective
3 related words: Copied, unoriginal, and plagiaristic.
Sentence: An offspring is a derivative of its parents.
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Diminutive:
Description: Something that is extremely small.
Part of Speech: Adjective
3 related words: Wee, minuscule, tiny.
Sentence: The organisms we observed with the microscope were diminutive.
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Inflection:
Description: A change made to the original subject. Examples; words, tone, and pitch.
Part of speech: Noun
3 related words: Variation, modify, and transform.
Sentence: The man inflected his voice by changing his pitch.
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Orthography:
Description: The study of writing words in accordance to spelling and correct usage.
Part of speech: Noun
3 related words: Geography, tomography, and ophthalmography.
Sentence: When translating from Spanish to English, it is important to use orthography to translate correctly.
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