Nick's vocab

Nick Ullery
5th hour

Vocabulary

Cognate
1. One or more things that are similar to each other
2. adjective
3.
4. Bill and Tom are cognate
5. cognatus, nasci, gignere

Diminutive
1. small in size
2. adjective
3.

4. The diminutive boy overcame his size by how hard he worked.
5. diminutive, diminutivum, deminutivus


Derivative
1. a copy or something new branched off of another
2. noun or adjective
3.

4. the student had no problem deriving his answers from the kid sitting next to him.
5. derived, derivation, derivable


Inflection
1. A bend or change, mostly related with someone’s voice
2. noun
3.

4. The teacher inflected his voice to get his point acrossed.
5. inflectionally, inflict, variety


Orthography
1. putting words together
2. noun
3.

4. The orthography was the best I had ever seen out of a student
5. ortografie, ortographia, orthgraphien