Course: Lexicology

REVIEW TEST

FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Course : LEXICOLOGY

Section 1: Identify the nominal compounds, adjectival compounds, verbal compounds, and
neoclassical compounds from the following compounds:
pickpocket, broadcast, blue-eyed, letter head, capital-intensive, smallpox, clear-sighted, over-the-
fence gossip, sweet-sour, underarm, off-the-rack dress, stir-fry, knee-deep, systems analyst,
university-controlled, light-green, dry-clean, blackberry, laser printer, sugar-free, astrophysics,
bitter-sweet, afterbirth, biology, structure-dependent, freeze-dry, outpost, electrography, blueprint,
geology, soft-ball, play-ground, girl-crazy, easy chair, stone-deaf, High Court, high-low, hydro-
electric, Washington-based, drink-drive, pipe-and-slipper husband, public-private, White House,
outbuilding, class-conscious, book cover, hair-raising, icy-cold, morphology, mind-boggling, cut-
throat, sky-blue, oak tree, philomath, hothouse, blueish-green, retroflex, afterbrain, redneck,
telepathy, blood-red, spoilsport, awe-inspiring, proof-read, theology, swearword, ghost-write,
drawbridge, suicide, think tank, chain-smoke, democracy, loudmouth, talent-spot, underbrush,
neurology, greybeard, telescope, brainwash, greenhouse, photoionize, blackbird, deep-fry, afterlife,
biochemistry, blindfold, teeth marks, shortcut, parks commissioner
nominal adjectival verbal neoclassical
compounds compounds compounds compounds

Section 2: Give the original words of these words:

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2. condo 30. FBI
3. BA 31. Xan
4. breathalyzer 32. motel
5. a.s.a.p. 33. ad
6. brollie 34. Belle
7. FAQ 35. NATO
8. demo 36. sci-fi
9. boatel 37. Mel
10. EC 38. fax
11. disco 39. Al
12. CARE 40. boost
13. mocamp 41. Alf
14. baccie 42. phone
15. Spanglish 43. Aussie
16. lab 44. stagflation
17. CIA 45. Andy
18. Trish 46. prof
19. guesstimate 47. VAT
20. Mike 48. Annie
21. e.g. 49. brunch
22. smog 50. Barbie
23. Marty 51. radar
24. etc. 52. Chunnel
25. Ron 53. beddie
26. modem 54. START
27. Liz 55. comfy
28. photo 56. USA
29. Bert 57. ciggie
Section 3: Put the words in the box below into suitable columns:
friendship, neighbor, error-free, slow-moving, purposeful, education-wise, brotherhood,
solidity, matter, editor, hard-working, photoanalysis, variable, biowarfare, train-driver,
discuss, biorhythm, prison-like, less, antedate,
simple words compound words complex words

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Section 4: Identify the individual morphemes in the words given below and fill in the table with
suitable answer:

Words Number of Root Derivational Inflectional

morphemes morphemes morphemes
computerized
bathrooms
numerous
dependency
applicants
personification
mountaineers
womanly
broadened
beautification
wolves
Section 5: Give the meanings of these prefixes
1. uni- 11. dis- 21. macro-
2. a-/ an- 12. co- 22. intra-
3. post- 13. neo- 23. non-
4. circum- 14. semi- 24. trans-
5. pseudo- 15. in-/ im-/ il-/ ir- 25. hyper-/ over-
6. bi-, di- 16. micro- 26. under-
7. de- 17. inter- 27. para-
8. multi-/ poly- 18. vice- 28. mal-
9. counter- 19. un- 29. ante-/ pre-/ fore-
10. mis- 20. omni- 30. retro-