English vocabulary words:

1. Cognate
a. Definition: A word that has the same linguistic derivation as another; from the original root
b. Sentence: The professor explains the definition of cognate in the classroom.
2. Accuracy
a. Definition: The degree to which the result of a measurement, calculation, or specification
conforms to the correct value or a standard.
b. Sentence: The swordsman designed the katana with accuracy.
3. Pictogram
a. Definition: it’s a visual representation of a word or a phrase.
b. Sentence: Debby found a pictogram of skull instantly knew it was poisonous
4. Glyphosate
a. Definition: a synthetic compound which is a nonselective systemic herbicide, particularly
effective against perennial weed
b. Sentence: Farmer frank studied his crops and found glyphosate residue
5. Denotation
a. Definition: the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the
word suggests
b. Sentence: The rapper mis understood the denotation of hot and burned himself with the pot
6. Freegans
a. Definition: a person who rejects consumerism and seeks to help the environment by reducing
waste, especially by retrieving and using discarded food and other goods.
b. Sentence: My friend Irene became a freegan after watching a documentary on global
warming
7. Semantics
a. Definition: The study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in
meaning and form.
b. Sentence: My sister study semantics so she could correct my father every time she could.
8. Matrix
a. Definition: an environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium
or structure.
b. Sentence: My home is the matrix of my family
9. Humane
a. Definition: Acting in a manner that causes the least harm to people or animals.
b. Sentence: People around the world should take a course on how to be humane, maybe then
the will start listening to one another
10. Patented
a. Definition: An official document conferring such a right; letters patent
b. Sentence: Monsanto patented hundreds of seeds.
11. Lexicon
a. Definition: The vocabulary of a language, field, social class, person, etc.
b. Sentence: The lexicon of a college professor doesn’t compare to a freshman in college.

12. Morphology:
a. Definition: The patterns of word formation in a language, including inflection, derivation, and
composition.
 b. Sentence: the morphology of the Japanese language is to complicated to learn in 30 days
13. Outline:
a. Definition: A general sketch, account, or report, indicating only the main features, as of a
book, subject, or project.
b. Sentence: every great writer begins there writing process making an outline
14. Genetics
a. Definition: the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics
b. Sentence: the genetics that each of my parents have been visible in every one of my siblings.
15. Phonology
a. Definition: The study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of
the tacit rules governing pronunciation.
b. Sentence: Practicing phonology can help you become a great public speaker
16. Adjournment
a. Definition: The act of adjourning or the state or period of being adjourned
b. Sentence: