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21 Cards in this Set
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affix
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a syllable or syllables added to a word or the base of a word to change its meaning or use; a prefix or suffix
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base word
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the form of a word to which prefixes or suffixes are attached; a root or stem
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combining form
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the form of a word used to combine with other words or combining forms to make new words
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context clue
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other parts of a sentence or paragraph that determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word
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critical thinking
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the testing and evaluation of possible solutions to a problem or explanation of a phenomenon
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figurative meaning
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using words in a sense other than their literal meaning, as in poetry or figures of speech
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grammatical meaning
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the meaning of a word or morpheme apart from its semantic meaning, indicating grammatical function
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inflection
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a word ending used to show case, number, gender, person, tense, mood, voice or comparison
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literal meaning
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the usual meaning of a word without exaggeration or imagination
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morpheme
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the smallest part of a word that has meaning of its own; it may be a word, an affix or an inflection
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native English word
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a word that originated in the English language, as opposed to a borrowed word or a word coined from borrowed elements
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root
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a base, not necessarily a whole word, to which affixes are added to form new words
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semantic meaning
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the meaning of a word apart from inflections and affixes; lexical meaning
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superlative
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the highest degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb, used to compare more than two things
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attentiveness
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the state of being attentive
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pertinent
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relevant; related to the matter being considered
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eloquence
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the art of speaking well
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inferred
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derived by reasoning; concluded
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nonverbal communication
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any method of sending and receiving messages or ideas without using words with semantic meaning
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analogy
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a comparison between like or similar things or between dissimilar things in related categories
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comparative
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the second degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb, used when two things are being compared
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