WordMap Version 2.0 - HigherStudyAbroad

How to Use This Book
Following are the definitions and symbols of the terms we used in this book,
followed by an illustrated tour on how to use this book. In could be mentioned
that we defined few new terms for our ease, which might have different usage
in reality.
Definitions and Symbols
Synonym:
Words having the same meanings are called synonyms.
We used ‘=’ symbol between synonyms, like in ‘ebullient = exuberant’.
Synonym variant:
Words having almost the same meanings are synonym variants; it’s a little
different from synonyms.
We used ‘~’ symbol between synonym variants, like in ‘bland ~ soothing’.
Antonym:
Words having opposite meanings are called antonyms.
We used ‘#’ symbol between antonyms, like in ‘opaque # transparent’
Secondary and tertiary meaning:
Secondary and tertiary meanings are meanings of a word that we usually do not
attribute to it.
We used ‘{ }’ symbol for secondary meanings and ‘[ ]’ for tertiary meanings,
like in ‘bolt {abscond} [gobble]’.
Derivative:
A word that is derived from another word is called a derivative, like different
parts of speech or plural form of a word.
We used ‘>’ symbol to show derivatives, like in ‘fecundate > fecundity’.