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vocab 1

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denotation
the literal of primary meaning of a word,in contrast to the feelings that word suggestion.
connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary.
literal
taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory.
figurative
departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical.
pronoun
can replace a noun or another pronoun.
noun
a noun is a word used to name a person,place,or thing.
adjective
an adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying,or quantifying words.
adverb
an adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb,a phrase or a clause.
verb
the verb is perhaps the most important part of the sentence.
prefixes
a prefixes goes at the beginning of a word.
root word
the from of a word after all affixes are removed.
suffix
an suffix are words ending that add a certain meaning to the word.
synonym
a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other word in a language.
antonyms
a word opposite in meaning to another
culture
the arts and other manifestations of human in the tell ectual achievement regarded collectively
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