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7th grade vocab
abridge
to shorten a piece of written material
browse
to read here and there in a book or other piece of written material
citation
a quotation or reference from a source that has a reputation for accuracy
compendium
a short but complete summary of information of a topic
etymology
the study of origin and history of words
gazetteer
a dictionary or a section of a dictionary that contains the names of places and information
about those places
glossary
a list of terms and their definition
lexicography
the process of writing or of compiling a dictionary
phonetics
the study of the sounds of language
syllabication
the process of dividing words into units of sounds called syllables