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16 Cards in this Set
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Lexical field (L) |
A category of words. |
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Semantic field (S) |
A set of words that are loosely linked in meaning. |
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Irony (S) |
A way of writing or speaking in which the extended meaning appears to be the opposite of what is actually said. |
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Initialism (L) |
A word formed from the first letters of a sequence of words pronounced letter by letter. |
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Idiom (S) |
A distinctive expression in which the meaning is not a literal interpretation of the individual words. |
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Hyperbole (S) |
Exaggeration or overstatement used as a rhetorical device to heighten feelings. |
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Euphemism (S) |
A word that replaces another which is seen as taboo or social unacceptance. |
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Connotations (S) |
The associations linked to a word that go beyond its denotation. |
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Colloquialism (L) |
An informal word, phrase or pronunciation, often associated with informal speech. |
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Collocation (S) |
A recognisable group of words that frequently occur together. |
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Clipping (L) |
The creation of a new word with the same word class and denotation by dropping a syllable. |
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Cliché (S) |
An image that has lost its original meaning or novelty through overuse. |
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Blend (L) |
A word formed by combining two or more words to create a new word combining the meaning of the originals. |
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Antonyms (S) |
Words that are opposite in meaning or associations. |
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Acronym (L) |
An abbreviation formed by taking letter from a series of words, which is pronounced as a word. |
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Ambiguity (S) |
A term used to describe language with multiple meanings. |
