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an abbreviation formed by combining the initial letters in words or parts of a series of words
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acronym (n)
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not named or identified; done by someone unknown
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anonymous (adj)
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a word that means the opposite of another word
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antonym (n)
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a person for whom something, such as a city, building, or street, has been named
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eponym (n)
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one of two or more words that are spelled alike but have different meanings and pronunciations, such as "bass" guitar and "bass" the fish
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heteronym (n)
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one of two or more words that are pronounced alike but have different spellings and meanings
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homonym (n)
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the formation of words that imitate sounds associated w/ the objects or actions to which they refer
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onomatopoeia (n)
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a string of words that sounds the same as another string of words, such as "stuffy nose" and "stuff he knows"
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oronym (n)
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false name; a fictitious name
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pseudonym (n)
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one of two or more words that have the same meaning
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synonym (n)
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