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| acronym | an abbreviation formed by combining the initial letters in words or parts of a series of words |
| anonymous | not named or identified; done by someone unknown |
| antonym | a word that means the opposite of another word |
| eponym | a person for whom something, such as a city, buliding, or street, has been named |
| heteronym | one of two or more words that are spelled alike but have different meanings and pronunciations, such as bass voice and bass, a fish |
| homonym | one of two or more words that are pronounced alike but have different spellings and meanings, such as isle and aisle |
| onomatopoeia | the formation of words that imitate sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer |
| oronym | a string of words that sounds the same as another string of words, such as gray day and grade A |
| pseudonym | false name; a fictitious name |
| synonym | one of two or more words that have the same meaning |
