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Rambam Words of the
Day (cont...) (BACK
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- Paucity - smallness of number or quantity :
SCARCITY
- Plethora - EXCESS, SUPERFLUITY
- Remonstrate - to present and urge reasons
in opposition (remonstrate with a student for
being late)
- Ludic - of, relating to, or characterized
by play : playful
- Diphthong - a gliding monosyllabic speech
sound (as the vowel combination at the end of
toy) that starts at or near the articulatory
position for one vowel and moves to or toward
the position of another
- Epenthesis - the process of adding an extra
sound or syllable to a word, as when a child
adds a "b" to "family" and
says "FAM-blee."
- Digraph - a group of two successive letters
whose phonetic value is a single sound (as ea
in bread or ng in sing)
- Repast - MEAL
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