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| lexicographer | author of a dictionary |
| alphabetically | words written in ABC order; how words are arranged in the dictionary |
| entry words | bold-faced words entered in a dictionary alphabetically |
| guide words | pair of words located at the very top of a dictionary page to guide the user |
| illustrations | pictures that help us understand the meanings of words |
| definition | statement that tells what word means; many words have more than one meaning that are numbered |
| phonetic spelling | respelling to help you pronounce a word; may contain accents, upside down letters and characters |
| syllables | a single, uninterrupted sound that forms a part of a word; some words are only 1 syllable |
| accent mark | symbol used to mark stressed syllables |
| stressed | syllables said louder and with more emphasis |
| unstressed | syllable that are said quieter and with less emphasis |
| root word | base word; the main word you look up without prefixes or suffixes. Common Greek roots are: photo (light); graph (write); bio (life) |
| part of speech | tells if the word is a noun, verb, adjective, etc. |
