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Homophones are sets of words that have the same sound as one another, but their
meaning and spelling are different.
Idioms are expressions that have a meaning which cannot be guessed from the the
meaning of the individual words.
A lexical set is a group of words related to one another because they all refer to the same
topic or situation.
Synonyms are words which have the same meaning as one another.
A word family is a group of words which come from the same base word (here, learn) and
consist of that word plus an affix.
Words with prefixes contain a group of meaningful letters at the beginning. These letters
are called a prefix. We attach them to base words.
Words with suffixes contain a group of meaningful letters at the end. These letters are
called a suffix. We attach them to base words.