Cognate
To have related/similar family background
Adjective
Similar alike related equivalent
Picture of family treeIf you take a look at the cognation of my family, you would see that we are all related to many people dating back centuries.
Derivative
To be created from something else
Noun
Imitative offshoot copied unoriginal
Picture of guerilla drinking a powerade
Pepsi Co. created Powerade as a derivative of Gatorade.
Diminutive
To be small in value or size
Adjective
Small undersized mini tiny
Mini Me is the diminutive Dr. Evil.
Inflection
A change in the pitch of volume of voice
Noun
Variation tone modulation
Picture of fat lady singing to the Michigan football team
The wonderful inflection between the baritone and soprano caught the audience’s attention during the opera performance.
Orthography
Spelling and using language correctly to coincide with the standard
Noun
Etymology language grammar
Mrs. Schellenberg will lower the grade of a student’s paper if his or her orthography is diminutive, but will raise the grade through extra credit for using awesome vocab words like diminutive and cognate.
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