English Vocabulary Quiz 1
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- Noun A name or title that distinguishes or identifies.
- Appellation
- Noun A speech sound that consists of either two vowels or a vowel and a semivowel (such as y) contained in a single syllable.
- Diphthong
- Noun A person for whom something is or is thought to be named.
- Eponym
- Noun The study of human speech, especially its components, structure, and nature, and how it changes.
- Linguistics
- Noun A newly made-up word, phrase, or expression.
- Neologism
- Noun A particular manner or kind of speech.
- Parlance
- Noun a. A dialect other than the standard dialect of a language, especially a regional or uneducated form of speech. b. The distinctive language of a special group; jargon.
- Patois
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Adj. a. Consisting of many groups speaking different languages. b. Speaking or writing several languages. c. Containing elements or material from different languages.
Noun a. A person who knows several languages. b. A mixture of languages - Polyglot
- Noun a. The ungrammatical usage of a word or construction of a sentence. b. A violation of good manners or good taste. c. Something out the normal or proper order.
- Solecism
- Adj. a. Spoken by or using the language spoken by the common people rather than literary, cultured, or learned people; vernacular. b. Of or associated with the common people. c. Lacking taste or delicacy; coarse. d. Conspicuous and excessive.
- Vulgar