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acronym
A word formed from the first letter of each word in a series: SCUBA
Affix
To attach something: I affix stickers to my computer
coinage
The invention of new words: Blog is an example of coinage
colloquial
Informal language, slang: A colloquial expression for "Hello" is "What's up?"
diminutive
A suffix that indicates small size, nicknames: Kitchenette is the diminutive of kitchen. Peggy is the diminutive of Margaret.
metonymy
A figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different by closely associated word: He was a man of the cloth where cloth is a metonymy for priest.
oxymoron
An expression that contains contradictory terms: Jumbo Shrimp
palindrome
A word or expression that is spelled the same backword and forward: kayak
portmanteau word
A word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two different words: Chunnel for channel and tunnel
spoonerism
An often comical switching of the first sounds of two or more words: fighting a liar, lighting a fire
apprehensive
Anxious or fearful about the future: Kids are often apprehensive about the first day of school.
categorical
Without exception, absolute: His categorical denial left no doubt about his plea.
conclusive
Decisive, putting an end to doubt: My x-ray was conclusive. I had broken my finger.
dubious
Doubtful, uncertain: Her dubious answer made the policeman detain her.
indeterminate
Not precisely known: Our dog, Moose, is of an indeterminate age.
precarious
Dangerous, risky: The ski route along the cliff was precarious.
qualm
A sense of doubt or uneasiness about an action: I have no qualms about skiing a double black diamond.
tentative
Uncertain, not fully worked out: I have tentative plans to ski at Whistler this winter.
unequivocal
Perfectly clear: The ski patrol was unequivocal with the boundary lines for back country skiing.
vacillate
To swing indecisively from one opinion or action to another: I vacillated between playing soccer and water polo this fall.