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Undergraduate 1
01/29/2013

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Term
guide word 
Definition
appear at the top of each page that list first and last entry on page
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Martin luther king jr 
Definition
look up by last name 
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Should both words in pig latin be capitalized?
Definition
No because its no a common noun
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Homograph
Definition
main entries which have the same spelling but different meanings 
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End-of-line division
Definition
the space between each syllable
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Variants 
Definition
two words that sounds the same but you spell them differently and have diff meanings 
Term
primary stress
Definition
the darker '
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secondary stress 
Definition
has the lighter ' 
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Part-of-speech lables
Definition
tells wheather the word refers to a thing, to an action, or a quality, or to all three.
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Inflected forms
Definition
Word change in form to indicate different meanings EX: ran-run OR break-broke-broken
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Usage lables 
Definition
Used to determine wheather the word is slang, greek, informal, non-standard etc...
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Phrasal verbs 
Definition
consist of the vervb and one or more words in which are closely related in basic meaning of the entry word
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Idioms 
Definition
are expressions whose meanings differs from its literal meaning of its parts 
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synonyms 
Definition
words having the same of similair meanings 
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etymology 
Definition
the origin of a main entry
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abbreviations 
Definition
entries are normally shortended because there are so many abbereviations. 
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tables and charts 
Definition
located in the table of contents 
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