When a word was created, it was endowed with only one meaning, which is called the primary meaning. Which of the following is the primary meaning of the word “face”？

“Comprehend” and “understand” are synonyms, but “understand” is used in a much more extended sense than “comprehend”. The above example shows there is difference in ____ between near-synonyms.

Word-meaning changes by the following modes EXCEPT ____.

The word “journal” originally meant mere “daily paper”，but now has come to include any “periodical”. The above example reflects one type of changes in word meaning,that is，____.

Which of the following is one of the linguistic factors that cause the change of meaning?

The meaning of a word may be influenced by the structure in which it occurs. This is what we call ____ context.

Ambiguity often arises due to ____，as is shown in the sentence “He is a hard businessman"， in which “hard” can mean both “hardworking” and “difficult”.

The context clue used in “It’s just one more incredible result of the development of microprocessors — those tiny parts of a computer commonly known as ‘silicon chip’” is ____.

Which of the following is NOT one type of figures of speech?

Which of the following rhetorical features can be seen in the idiom “bag and baggage”？