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Glossary: Mr. A's Glossary
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Haikua form of poetry developed in Japan; in
English we use three lines, with syllable counts of 5-7-5 or
3-5-3. |
Heroic coupletsrhymed couplets of iambic pentameter |
heteronymOne of two (or more) words that have the same
spelling, but different meaning, and sometimes different
pronunciation too. (Heteronyms that are pronounced differently are
also heterophones.) Examples:
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hexametera six-foot line. |
high-frequency wordA word that appears many more times than most
other words in spoken or written language. |
homographA word with the same spelling as another word, whether or not pronounced alike Examples:
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homonym
A word with different origin and meaning but the same oral or
written form as one or more other words Examples:
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homophone
A word with different origin and meaning but the same
pronunciation as another word, whether or not spelled alike Example:
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hyperboleA figure of speech which uses a deliberate
exaggeration (e.g., I have told you a million times). |
hypernymA word that has a more general meaning than
another Examples:
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hyponymA word that has a more specific meaning than
another Examples:
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hypothesizeTo make an assertion about something assumed
but not positively known. |