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10 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Salutation
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greeting in a letter
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Palindromes
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a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward (e.g., wow)
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Homograph
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–a word that is spelled the same as another word but that has a different meaning, e.g., read (present tense) and read (past tense)
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Homophones
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a word that is pronounced the same, but not necessarily spelled the same, as another word but that has a different meaning (e.g.,
week and weak) |
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Base words
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words that can stand alone and has its own meaning (e.g., school, preschool)
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Root words
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the basic part of a word that carries meaning (e.g., rupt (erupt, interrupt), graph (photograph, autograph)
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Prefix
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one or more sounds or letters placed before a root word or base word that changes the meaning of the
word |
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Suffix
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one or more sounds or letters placed after the root or base word that may change the meaning of the
word (e.g., photograph, autograph) |
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Antonym
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a word that means the opposite or nearly the opposite of another word (e.g., son/daughter,
top/bottom) |
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Synonym
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a word with a similar meaning as another word (e.g., happy/glad, mad/angry)
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