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| synonym | a word that is similar in meaning to another |
| acronym | the first letters of each word used as an abbreviation |
| superordinate | a category , general term |
| hyponym | item belonging to a category |
| collocation | the way in which words are used together regularly |
| appropriacy | using language suitable for a particular situation |
| register | speech variety used by a particular group of people eg. doctors or teachers |
| elicitation | procedure used to get learners to actively produce language |
| frequency | number of occurences in speech and writing, used to select vocab for teaching |
| connotation | an additional meaning beyond the central meaning |
| homophones | words which sound alike but can be written differently |
| homographs | words which look the same but are pronounced differently |
