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Ep332: English vocabulary Trivia · Kidcast Daily

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  Hit play. It's trivia time.
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  Gather round friends in the lines for space books, movies 2
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  science facts coming at you. Hey knowledge seekers, welcome
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  to Kit Cast Daily where we explore sports, science, nature,
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  history, and so much more one amazing episode at a time.
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  Today we are diving into English vocabulary trivia.
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  Words can be surprising, funny, and very clever.
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  You use them everyday, but how much do you know about how they
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  work? Get ready for quick questions,
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  short pauses to think, and clear answers.
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  Keep score if you want or just enjoy learning new facts you can
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  share with friends and family. Here comes our first one.
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  What do we call words that sound like the noises they describe?
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  The answer is onomatopoeia. Examples are buzz, pop, sizzle,
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  and click. These words help you hear the
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  sound in your head when you read or say them.
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  Question 2 is a neat spelling trick.
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  What do we call a word that reads the same forward and
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  backward? The answer is palindrome.
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  Words like level, radar and civic are palindromes.
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  There are also palindromic numbers.
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  But today we are focusing on words ready for a letter
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  scramble. What do we call 2 words that use
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  the same letters in a different order like listen and silent?
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  The answer is anagram. Anagrams often appear in puzzles
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  and games. They test both your spelling and
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  your pattern spotting skills. Here comes a sound alike
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  challenge. What do we call words that sound
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  the same but have different meanings and spellings like pear
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  and pear? Those are homophones.
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  Other examples are to, to and to and also C&C.
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  Homophones can be tricky in writing, so it helps to remember
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  the meanings. Let us try a blend.
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  What do we call a word made by merging parts of two other words
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  like breakfast and lunch becoming brunch?
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  That is a portmanteau. Another common one is smog from
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  smoke and fog. Portmanteaus often describe new
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  ideas or things by combining familiar parts.
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  How about a quick trip into word parts?
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  What is the prefix bio mean In words like biology and
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  biography, bio means life, Biology is the study of living
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  things, and a biography is the story of a person's life.
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  Knowing prefixes helps you guess the meanings of new words.
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  Now for a favorite ending. What is the suffix ology mean?
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  As in geology or zoology, the suffix ology means the study of
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  something. Geology is the study of Earth
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  and zoology is the study of animals.
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  When you see ology, you can expect a field of study time for
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  letters and names. What do we call an abbreviation?
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  You can pronounce as a word like NASA or SCUBA that is an
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  acronym. NASA stands for National
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  Aeronautics and Space Administration and SCUBA stands
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  for self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
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  If you say each letter separately like FBI, that is
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  called an initialism, not an acronym.
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  Here is a spelling oddity. What common English word is
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  often cited as the only one that ends with the letters M&T
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  Together? The word is dreamt.
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  In American English you will also see dreamed, but dreamt is
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  common in British English and is known for that rare ending.
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  You might also see undreamt, but dreamt is the short well known
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  example Vowel time. What word contains all 5
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  standard vowels AEIO you in order exactly once?
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  One classic answer is facetious, another is abstinius.
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  These words are useful for word lovers and show how vowels can
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  line up in sequence. Here is a tiny detail with a big
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  name. What is the smald above the
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  letters I and J called? It is called a title.
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  This tiny mark helps you tell those letters from others in
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  handwriting and some fonts. It is a simple detail with a
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  unique name. Let us switch to spelling and
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  sound. What do we call a word that has
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  the same spelling but a different pronunciation and
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  meaning? Like when the breeze and when to
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  turn? That is a heteronym.
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  Other examples are tear meaning a drop from the eye and tear
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  meaning to RIP and lead the metal and LED to guide.
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  Context helps you choose the right sound when you read
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  alphabet fans. This one is about sentences.
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  What do we call a sentence that uses every letter of the
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  alphabet at least once? It is called a pangram.
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  The most famous example is the quick brown fox jumps over the
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  lazy dog. Designers and typers use
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  pangrams to test fonts and keyboards.
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  Short and strong as next in English, how many one letter
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  words are there that can stand alone as words in a sentence?
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  There are two, A and I. They are short, but they do
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  important jobs. You see them often in reading
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  and writing. More sound and meaning time.
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  What do we call pairs of words that are spelled the same and
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  pronounce the same but have different meanings?
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  Like bat, the animal and bat used in sports.
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  Those are homonyms. Context in the sentence tells
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  you which meaning is intended. Dictionaries list these as
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  separate senses under 1 spelling.
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  Here comes a word with two opposite meanings.
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  What do we call a word that can mean its own opposite?
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  Like dust, meaning to remove fine particles or to sprinkle
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  them. That is a contronym, also called
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  an auto antonym. Another well known example is
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  cleave, which can mean to split or to stick closely.
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  These words remind us to read carefully.
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  Let us spot a quiet letter. What do we call a letter in a
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  word that you do not pronounce? Like the KN knight, it is a
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  silent letter. English has many of them due to
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  its history and borrowed words. Learning common silent letters
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  helps with spelling and reading word origins.
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  Time. What do we call the study of
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  where words come from and how their meanings change over time?
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  That is etymology. Etymology explains how words in
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  English can come from Latin, Greek, French, and many other
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  languages. It also shows how meanings can
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  shift slowly across years. Quick check on opposite
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  building. What do we call the two letter
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  prefix that often makes a word mean the opposite, as in happy
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  and unhappy? The prefix is undash.
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  It often flips the meaning like safe to unsafe and tie to untie.
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  Not every word takes it, but many do.
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  Ready for a friendly speed round twist?
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  What do we call a list of words in a book that tells you their
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  meanings, usually arranged in alphabetical order?
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  That is a glossary. You often find it at the back of
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  textbooks. It helps you review key terms
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  fast. Before we wrap up, let us lock
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  in one more useful term. What do we call a word that
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  means the same or nearly the same as another word that is a
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  synonym? For example, quick and faster
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  synonyms. The opposite idea is an antonym.
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  Like hot and cold. It is time for the Super
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  challenge. This one is famous for its
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  length. What is the long dictionary word
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  that names a lung disease and is often cited as one of the
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  longest words in English? The answer is NUMA, ultra
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  microscopic silicovolcaniconiosis.
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  It refers to a lung condition caused by very fine silica dust.
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  You do not need to spell it, but it is a strong example of how
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  English can stack many word parts together.
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  You did great today. You heard about onomatopoeia,
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  palindromes, anagrams, homophones, portmanteaus,
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  prefixes, suffixes, acronyms, rare endings, vowel patterns,
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  titles, heteronyms, pangrams, one letter words, homonyms,
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  contronyms, silent letters, etymology, the UN prefix,
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  glossaries, synonyms, and a super long word.
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  If a term was new, try using it in your next conversation or
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  write it on a note to remember. Words are tools and the more you
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  know, the more clearly you can share your ideas.
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