English lexicology
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- Q1What is the term used to describe the study of words and their meanings in language?LexicologyMorphologyPragmaticsSyntax30s
- Q2What is the term used to describe the study of words and their meanings in language?PhonologyDiscourse AnalysisLexicologySemantics30s
- Q3Which of the following is NOT a branch of lexicology?SemanticsMorphologyPragmaticsSyntax30s
- Q4What is the term used to describe a word that has the same meaning as another word?AntonymHomophoneSynonymHypernym30s
- Q5What is the term used to describe a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?HyponymAntonymHomophoneSynonym30s
- Q6What is the term used to describe a word that is a more specific category of another word?AntonymSynonymHypernymHyponym30s
- Q7What is the term used to describe the study of the history and origin of words?EtymologySyntaxPragmaticsMorphology30s
- Q8What is the term used to describe a word that sounds like the thing it describes?OnomatopoeiaSimilePersonificationMetaphor30s
- Q9What is the term used to describe a word or phrase used in place of another to avoid repetition?PrepositionPronounAdverbAdjective30s
- Q10What is the term used to describe the form of a word that can stand on its own as a word, such as 'happy'?AffixSuffixRootStem30s