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person's vocabulary is the set of words within a language that are familiar to that person. A vocabulary usually develops with age, and serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge Vocabulary is commonly defined as "all the words known and used by a particular person"

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extensive vocabulary aids expression and communication. Vocabulary size has been directly linked to reading comprehension. Linguistic vocabulary is synonymous with thinking vocabulary. A person may be judged by others based on his or her vocabulary. Wilkinson (1972) once said," Without grammar, very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary, nothing can be conveyed."

UNDERSTAND MEANING OF WORDS BROADEN THEIR VOCABULARY ADVANCE STUDENTS NEED TO USE THE WORDS PROPERLY

 Word

Formation Synonyms Antonyms Eponyms Homonyms, Homophones & Homographs One word Substitution Phrasal Verbs, Idiomatic Expressions & Proverbs Foreign words in English

 Word

formation is the creation of a new

word Word formation is sometimes contrasted with semantic change, which is a change in a single word's meaning

 Morphological

word formation

Derivation Compounding Conversion

Blending Calque Conversion Neologism

Homophones

are words that are pronounced the same but they have different meanings and are usually spelled differently as well.

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of two or more words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the same and having different meanings and origins

 Homonyms

are words which have the same spelling and pronounciation as each other but different meanings and origins.