English IV AP Set 16 Semester 2
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293269779 | anonymous | (adj) having unknown or withheld authorship or agency; having an unknown or unacknowledged name; lacking individuality, distinction, or recognizability | |
293269780 | cognomen | (n) name, especially a descriptive nickname acquired through usage; a family name; a surname | |
293269781 | denomination | (n) the name of a class or group; a name; designation; the act of naming; an organized group of religious congregations; a class of units having specified values | |
293269782 | homonym | (n) one of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning | |
293269783 | ignominy | (n) great personal dishonor or humiliation; shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character | |
293269784 | metonymy | (n) a figure of speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something | |
293269785 | misnomer | (n) a name wrongly or unsuitable applied to a person, place, or thing; and error in naming a person or place | |
293269786 | nomenclature | (n) a system of names used in the arts and sciences | |
293269787 | nominal | (adj) existing in name only and not in actuality; insinificantly small; of, like or pertaining to a name or names; bearing a person's name | |
293269788 | renown | (n) the quality of being widely honored and acclaimed; fame |