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| abridged | (adj) shortened, usually in reference to a written or spoken work |
| browse | (v) to look over reading material; look at in a leisurely and casual manner |
| citation | (n) a reference to or quotation from an authority; an official award for honorable behavior |
| compendium | (n) a collection of writings |
| entry | (n) a way in; in a reference book, a subject or word and information about it |
| etymology | (n) the origin and history of a word |
| gazetteer | (n) a dictionary of places |
| homonym | (n) a word that sounds the same as another but has a different meaning |
| lexicon | (n) a dictionary; the vocabulary of a particular subject or group |
| phonetics | (n) the study of the sounds of language |