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• Word Roots: phon, phono, phone = sound, voice **Week 5.3** **Vocabulary and Definitions** - **Cacophony (n):** Harsh sounds; bad noise. - **Dysphonia (n):** Difficulty producing speech sounds, usually due to hoarseness. - **Euphonic (adj):** Having a nice sound; a pleasant combination of sounds in words. - **Gramophone (n):** A device used to play the sounds of music as written on records. - **Homophone (n):** A word that has the same sound but a different meaning as another word. - **Megaphone (n):** A large, funnel-shaped device used to make the voice sound louder by directing the sound waves straight out to listeners (most often used by cheer teams). - **Microphone (n):** A device used to make small voices sound larger, especially in a big room. - **Phonics (n):** The sounds that letters make and the letters that are used to represent sounds. - **Phonology (n):** The study of speech sounds in language. - **Saxophone (n):** A woodwind instrument that sends out sounds through its curved, metal body.