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A word formed from the initial letters of a name or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words.
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WAC for Women's Army |
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(a)A word element, such as a prefixor suffix that is attached to a base, stem, or root. (b)Something attached, joined or added; (c)to secure to another;attatch. (d)To place at the end
EX: The word reappearance has two affixes: re-and-ance |
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(a) The invention of new words. (b) an invented word or phrase. (c) The process of making coins
EX: The word hobbit was a coinage of J.R.R Tolkien. |
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(a) used in or suitable to spoken language or to writing that imitates speech (b) Informal in style of expression.
EX: Connie suggested to Joe that he substitute "narrow escape" for his colloquial expression "a close call." |
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The use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but humorously wrong in the context.
EX: The very pineapple of politeness --> The very pinnacle of politeness. |
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The formation or use of a word that imitates or resembles what it stands for.
EX:Buzz, Hiss, Splash, Boing |
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A word, phrase, or sentence that read the same backward or forward.
EX: A man, a plan, a canal, panama. |
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A word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words; blend.
EX: Jabberwocky |
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A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as.
EX: Hungry as a bear. |
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An accidental but humorous distortion of words in a phrase formed by interchanging the initial sounds.
EX: The tons of soil -compared to- the sons of toil. |
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Constant and earnest effort to accomplish a task; careful attention.
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(a)Difficult to satisfy or please;exacting. (b)Possessing or displayinf careful attention to detail.
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| The ability to see what is likely to happen and to prepare for it accordingly; careful thought or concern for the future. |
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| Having or exhibiting sound judgement; sensible; wise. |
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| (a) Extremely careful and precise. (b) Excessively concerned with details. |
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| Exercising caution, good judgement, or common sense in handling practical matters; giving thought to one's actions and their consequences. |
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(a)Attentive to the finer point or etiquette and formal conduct. (b) Very careful and exact. |
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| (a) Careful in choosing; particular; discriminating. (b) Highly specific in activity. |
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| (a) Having a system, method, or plan; carried out in a step-by-step procedure. (b) Orderly in arranging things or getting things done; purposely regular. |
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| (a) To deceive; Trick (b) To amuse; delight (c) To pass time pleasantly. |
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| (a) Politeness; courtesy (b) An act or expression of courtesy |
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| The way in which one behave or conducts oneself; deportment |
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Appropriatness or behavior or conduct; propriety. |
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| Foolishly borld or daring;rash. |
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| (a) Performing or performed with careless, often thoughtless, ease (b) Marked by quickness or fluency that suggests insincerity. |
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| (a) Not having a noble character or purpose; dishonorable (b) not of nobility,common |
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| (a) The accepted customs and rules of behavior of a particular social group, generally regarded by that group as essential to survival and welfare and often have the force of law (b) Attitudes about proper behavior; moral conventions. |
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| (a) Characteristic of people or things away from the capital of a country (b) Limited in range or perspective; narrow; ill-informed; unsophisticated. (c) Of or relating to a province |
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| Not in good taste;improper;unbecoming. |
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