Vocab Lesson 1 Flashcards
1
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Annotation
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A critical or explanatory note
2
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Appellation
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A name, title, or designation
3
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Eponym
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A person whose name is or is thought to be, the source of the name of something
4
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Linguistics
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The study of the nature, structure, and variation of language
5
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Malapropism
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Ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by confusing it with one of the similar sound
6
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Neologism
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A new word, expression, or usage
7
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Partinance
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A particular manner of speaking
8
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Patois
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A regional dialect especially of a nonstandard one that has no written tradition
9
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Polyglot
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Using several languages
Person who speaks several languages
10
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Vulgar
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Of or related to the language of the common people
Crude, indecent
Offensively excessive in the display of ones self or ones wealth
