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28 Cards in this Set
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the effect of propaganda depends only on the connotative meaning of words t/f |
false |
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majority of modern english words are derived from anglo-saxon t/f |
false |
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the name February commemorates a festival of ___________ |
purification |
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the connotations of a word have little effect on its literal meaning t/f |
false |
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convinces through connotations |
propaganda |
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association or suggestion |
connotation |
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process of a word gaining negative meaning |
pejoration |
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related or analogous |
cognate |
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an external reference |
allusion |
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restricted in meaning |
specialization |
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history of a word |
etymology |
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symbol for a thing or concept |
referent |
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two forms of the same word |
doublets |
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january was named for a two-headed roman god named: |
janus |
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march was dedicated to the _____ god, ______ |
war, Mars |
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april was based on the latin word _______, meaning _________ |
aperio, to open |
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May and June are named for _________ |
goddesses |
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July and August are named for ___________ |
emperors |
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september = ____ month, october = ___ month, november = ___ month, december = ___ month |
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, |
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verb inflections |
conjugations |
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ending denoting grammatical meaning |
inflections |
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relations of sentence parts |
syntax |
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noun inflections |
declension |
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word order and word relationships are aspects of ________ |
syntax |
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relationship of word parts |
morphology |
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system of spelling |
orthology |
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a word no longer in use but retained in the language for literary or poetic use |
archaic |
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modern english is a highly inflected language t/f |
false |
