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10 Cards in this Set
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Appellation
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(noun) a name or title that distinguishes or identifies
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Eponym
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(noun) a person for whom something is named
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Diphthong
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(noun) a speech sound that consists of two vowel sounds in a single syllable
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Linguistics
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(noun) the study of human speech
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Neologism
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(noun) a newly made-up word
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Parlance
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(noun) a particular manner or kind of speech
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Patois
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(noun) a dialect other than the standard dialect of a language
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Polyglot
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(adjective) consisting of many groups speaking different languages
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Solecism
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(noun) the ungrammatical usage of a word
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Vulgar
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(adjective) of or associated with the common people
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