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10 Cards in this Set
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Archaic
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No longer used or applicable, ancient.
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Argot
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The informal, specialized vocabulary or expressions of a particular group.
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Connotation
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Ideas or meanings suggested by a word; associations that go beyond a word's literal meaning.
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Denotation
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The most direct specific meaning of a word.
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Idiom
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An expression with a special meaning that cannot be understood from the meanings of the individual words; a nonliteral expression.
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Jargon
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A specialized vocabulary of a proffesion or trade.
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pidgin
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A simplified form of a speech developed from two or more languages.
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Semantics
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The study of meaning and word interpretation.
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Standard
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Conforming to the established language used by educated speakers.
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Vernacular
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Everyday language, rather than literary language.
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