Vocabulary Bowl #1

What is the process of breaking a word into parts to understand its meaning?

• Derivation

• Inflection

• Semantic

• Analysis

What is the vocabulary of a language called?

• Etymology

• Morphology

• Lexicon

• Analysis

What is the study of the origin and history of words?

• Etymology

• Semantic

• Inflection

• Cognate

What do you call a word made by joining two or more root words?

• Suffix

• Prefix

• Inflection

• Compound

What is changing a word to show different grammar forms called?

• Derivation

• Inflection

• Prefix

• Compound

What is a word with the same origin as another?

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Cognate

• Root

What word means the opposite of another word?

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Cognate

• Root

What word means the same as another word?

• Antonym

• Cognate

• Synonym

• Suffix

What part of a word gives its main meaning?

• Compound

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Root

What do you call letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning?

• Root

• Suffix

• Prefix

• Cognate