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english vocab words 4-18-13
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| nomen | name |
| nomenclature | system of naming,especially in arts and sciences |
| conscription | a military draft |
| acronym | a word composed of the first letter or parts of a name or series of words |
| alliteration | the occurence of the same initial sound in several words in succession |
| circumscribe | to draw a line around, to encircle, to confide, to limit |
| obliterate | to do away with completely, to wipe out, erase |
| ignominious | shameful, disgraceful |
| ascribe | to attribute to a particular cause, source, or origin (used with to) |
| proscribe | to denounce or condemn, to prohibit, to forbid |
| onomatopoeia | a word that sounds like the thing it names (pop, quack, fizz) |
| onoma | name |
| pseudonym | fake name or pen name (MArk Twain) |
| subscribe | sign one's name to something, to pkedge to pay for something or to contribute something, to place an order by signing, express consent or agreement |
| scribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptum | to write |
| literate | able to read and write |
| littera | lettef |
| literal | in accordance with the explicit or primary meaning of a word or phrase, not its metaphorical meaning |
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