Language Arts 800 - Unit 4: Words and How to Use Them USING THE DICTIONARY

The pronunciation of the entry word appears behind it in brackets.

False

Which of the following is not provided in a dictionary definition?

frequency of use

The at the top of each page in the dictionary tell you the first and last words on that page.

guide words

abbreviation

Shortened form of a word or phrase.

pronunciation

The act or manner of sounding words.

thesaurus

A book that lists synonyms and often includes related words and antonyms.

breve

A curved mark over a vowel to show that it has a short sound.

diacritical mark

A mark placed over a letter to show its pronunciation.

accent

A special emphasis or force given to a syllable or a word when we pronounce it.

macron

A straight line (-) over a vowel to show that it has a long sound.

The words in the dictionary are arranged in order.

alphabetical

synonym

A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word. (for example, faith and trust)

homonym

A word that is pronounced like another word but has a different meaning and often different spelling (for example, I and eye).

antonym

A word that means the opposite of another word (for example, love and hate).

A describes a word but may have a shade of difference in meaning. A explains the exact meaning of the word.

synonym definition

Check the box next to each word which would appear between the guide words buggy and bulky.

bulge, bugle

The special marks in the pronunciation of the dictionary word entry are called marks.

diacritical

Check the box next to each word which would appear between the guide words infantry and infinitive.

infinite, infest