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212. homage \ SBmij \
[ShBmij]
213. precedent \ SpresEdEnt \
[no alternate pronunciation(s)]
214. illiteracy \ i(l)SliZErEsG \
[no alternate pronunciation(s)]
215. globalization \ TglPbElDSzCshEn \
[TglPbETlISzCshEn]
[Originally Latin, this word went through French before
becoming English.]
a noun (Webster’s Third page 1082, column 2)
reverential regard : respect : deference.
The Lord Chancellor demanded homage wherever he went.
The following word could be confused with another word similar in sound and/or spelling.
Provide, without being asked by the speller to do so, the word’s part of speech and definition.
216. manifold \ SmanETfPld \
[no alternate pronunciation(s)]
217. journalism \ SjErnFlTizEm \
[no alternate pronunciation(s)]
218. tentacled \ StentDkEld \
[no alternate pronunciation(s)]
[This word is from Latin.]
a noun (Webster’s Third page 1783, column 3)
[Has near homonym: president.]
something done or said that may serve as an example or rule to
authorize or justify a subsequent act of the same or an analogous
kind.
As far as Sasha knew, the decision to allow a girl to play on the
football team was without precedent.
[This word is from Latin.]
a noun (Webster’s Third page 1126, column 3)
inability to read or write.
The administration promised to launch a campaign against
illiteracy.
[The first part of this word is from an originally Latin word, and
the second part contains English combining forms.]
a noun (Webster’s Third page 965, column 3)
the act of making something worldwide in scope or application.
One of the nation’s goals is the globalization of democracy.
[This word is originally English.]
an adjective (Webster’s Third page 1375, column 3)
marked by diversity or variety : numerous and varied.
Andrew is intrigued by the manifold opportunities in the field of
engineering.
[This word is from a French word.]
a noun (Webster’s Third page 1221, column 3)
an academic study concerned with the collection and editing of
news or the editorial or business management of a news medium.
Students of journalism at Northwestern University often list the
class taught by Oprah Winfrey as one of their favorites.
[This word is from Latin.]
an adjective (Webster’s Third page 2357, column 1)
having elongate flexible simple or branched processes that are
borne by animals chiefly on the head or about the mouth.
All tentacled animals fascinate Kevin, but jellyfish are his
favorite.
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