Vocab

Cognate

Description - from similar descent, similar to...

POS - adjective

Related Words - related, alike, comparable

Sentence - My mother, Deb Klein, may be a cognate of Calvin Klein.

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Derivative

Description - something obtained from a source

POS - adjective

Related Words - acquired, unoriginal, borrowed

Sentence - The rumor about Mrs. Schellenberg was probably derived from Tino.

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Diminutive

Description - extremely small

POS - adjective

Related Words - teeny, tiny, petite

Sentence - The Lilliputians in "Gulliver's Travels" were diminutive in comparison to Gulliver.

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Inflection

Description - to change something either by curving or bending, or in pitch or loudness

POS - noun

Related Words - morph, transform, alter

Sentence - The inflection in the vocalist's voice greatly increased as she stepped up for her solo.

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Orthography

Description - the study of spelling and letters

POS - noun

Related Words - language, linguistics, grammer

Sentence - An orthography major doesn't sound right for me.

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