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Vocab 1-2

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Vernacular
Noun) Everyday language, rather then literary language
Atlas
Noun) A book or bound collection of maps
Epicure
Noun) A person with refined taste, especially in food and drink
Galvanize
Verb) To simulate or urge into action; to spur
Jovial
Adj) Jolly; filled with good cheer
Nemesis
Noun) A source of harm or ruin; an opponent that cannot be defeated
Pyrrhic Victory
Noun) A victory that is offset by staggering losses or that comes at a huge price
quixotic
Adj) Dedicated to unreachable goals; idealistic but not practical
Saturnine
Adj) Gloomy and Sullen
Sisyphean
Adj) Requiring endless effort; without result or success
Solecism
Noun) A nonstandard or improper use of language
Idiom
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements
Jargon
the language, esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group
Pidgin
an auxiliary language that has come into existence through the attempts by the speakers of two different languages to communicate and that is primarily a simplified form of one of the languages, with a reduced vocabulary and grammatical structure and considerable variation in pronunciation.
Semantics
a. the study of meaning. b. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
Standard
constituting or conforming to a standard especially as established by law or custom
archaic
constituting or conforming to a standard especially as established by law or custom
Argot
an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group
Connotation
: the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes
denotation
The most direct or specific meaning of a word

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