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Vocabulary Lesson 13 (Blends)
A blend is a word formed when parts of two words are combined or blended together. A blend is also called a portmanteau word. A portmanteau is a suitcase with two sides.
So, now you know.
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| fortnight | two weeks (fourteen nights) |
| Laundromat | a commercial place for washing and drying clothes in coin-operated machines |
| clash | a loud noise |
| flextime | an arrangement workers make with employers to set their own work schedules |
| farewell | a way of saying goodbye |
| motorcade | a procession of cars |
| prissy | fussy |
| sitcom | a humorous television show (situation comedy) |
| travelogue | an illustrated lecture about traveling (travel dialogue) |
| walkathon | a walking marathon |
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